Qva ratione Indi sva commercia & negotiationes exercere soleant. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Qva ratione Indi sva commercia & negotiationes exercere soleant.
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Cartagena; Colombia; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: A large group of Indigenous people participate in an outdoor market in Cartagena, Colombia. Vendors have laid out their wares, which include belts, clusters of feathers, small handicrafts, and foodstuffs including fish and fruit. Some of the goods are laid out on pieces of fabric, and some are held in baskets or containers. Several individuals wear capes of feathers or fur. Three small villages can be seen in the background. This image is identical to one found on page 137 of Frankfurt, 1595, but colored.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver);Theodor de Bry (Printer); Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Theodor de Bry (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23778
Language: lat
Source Name: Americæ pars Qvinta Nobilis & admiratione plena Hieronymi Bezoni Mediolanensis secundæ sectionis Hispanorum, tum in Nigrittas seruos suos, tum in Indos crudelitatem, Gallorumq[ue] pirataru[m] de Hispanis toties reportata spolia, Aduentu[m] item Hispanoru[m] in Nouam Indiæ continentis Hispaniam, eorumq[ue], contra incolas eius regionis sæuitiam explicans.
Parent Collection: 1595 Bry; 1595 Bry
Image: mta_23778_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Colombia; Indigenous traders; Featherwork; Indigenous craft; Markets; Village communities

Media: mta_23778_OBJ.png