Benzo cvm comitibvs, premente fame testudines venatur secundum littus, quæ in ea regione prægandes sunt. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Benzo cvm comitibvs, premente fame testudines venatur secundum littus, quæ in ea regione prægandes sunt.
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Costa Rica; Central America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: Several Indigenous people present gifts of gold to a group of Spaniards outside the entrance of a large structure that site on the riverbank. In the background, a group of Spaniards fish for turtles along the riverbank using a large net. Several other men stand on the shore, storing the caught turtles and turtle eggs in casks. In the distance, another Indigenous structure is visible. Farther away, at the mouth of the river, a European ship sails. This image is identical to one found on page 143 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:23782
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_23782_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Costa Rica; Village communities; Colonists; Spaniards; Turtles as food; Gifts; Gold

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