Hispani cum monachis aliquot ab Indis trucidantur. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Hispani cum monachis aliquot ab Indis trucidantur.
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Cumana; Venezuela; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: In Venezuela, a group of Indigenous people kill Spanish soldiers and monks. At the center of the group, two monks have been knocked to the ground. One lays on his back with his hands in the air to ward of blows from the club that an Indigenous man holds poised above him. The other monk is on his knees with his arms spread wide, and an Indigenous man is about to shoot an arrow into his throat while another holds a club over his head. In the background, Spanish soldiers flee the attack in a rowboat, while others who have not managed to escape are killed on shore, their muskets dropped to the ground. A European ship is anchored further along the coast. Several dwellings are visible among the trees on the right. This image is identical to one found on page 179 of Frankfurt, 1594, but colored.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver);Johann Feyerabend (Printer); Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Johann Feyerabend (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23723
Language: lat
Source Name: Americae pars quarta. Sive, Insignis & Admiranda Historia de reperta primùm Occidentali India à Christophoro Columbo Anno M. CCCCXCII
Parent Collection: 1594 Latin; 1594 Latin
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Venezuela; Indigenous peoples – Warfare – South America; Colonists; Spaniards; Monks; Revolutions; Massacres; Bow and arrow; Clubs; Firearms; Sailing ships

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