Paraovsti Satovriona, Roy de la Floride · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Paraovsti Satovriona, Roy de la Floride
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Florida; United States of America; South America; Paris; France
Description: Paraousti Satouriona (also called Saturiwa, or Satiroa according to Thevet – Paraousti may be a title rather than the name of the man) is shown in portrait from the waist up. His torso is angled slightly to his left and he gazes at the viewer. He wears an animal skin cap with the ears, eyes and nose of the animal attached and a large feathered tassel hanging from the back. He wears a multi-strand beaded necklace, a thick tunic of fur, and a fur cape with the paws of the originating animal still attached and tied at his neck. He holds a spear in his right hand. Paraousti Satouriona was a notable chief who led the Timucua group of peoples in Florida when the French were undertaking colonial projects in the region. Not much is known about him outside of his dealings with the French colonists, with whom he maintained largely amiable relations.
Image Creator: Unknown (Engraver);Widow of Jacques Kerver (Printer);Guillaume Chaudière (Printer); Unknown (Engraver); Widow of Jacques Kerver (Printer); Guillaume Chaudière (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23581
Language: fre
Source Name: Les Vrais Povtraits et Vies des Hommes illvstres Grecz, Latins, et Payens
Parent Collection: 1584 Paris; 1584 Paris
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Florida; Timucua; Saturiwa; Indigenous peoples – Kings and rulers; Headdresses; Featherwork; Indigenous weapons – North America; Fur

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