Hispani stratagemate qvodam Indos in Insula Cubagua aduersus Gallos incitant. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Hispani stratagemate qvodam Indos in Insula Cubagua aduersus Gallos incitant.
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Cubagua; Venezuela; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: A group of Indigenous people are encouraged by Spanish colonists to attack and drive away a French ship near the island of Cubagua – the pearl island of Venezuela – in order to preserve the Spanish monopoly over the pearl trade. The Indigenous people launch their attack on the French ship from dugout canoes, using bows and arrows. In the background a group of Indigenous people harvest pearl oysters near the shore using long-handled nets, supervised by more Spaniards. There is also a village near the group. Another French ship sails further along the coast. This image is identical to one found on page 135 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:23777
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
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Venezuela; Indigenous weapons – Venezuela; Bow and arrow; Dugout canoes; Sailing ships; Colonists; Spaniards; Pearl industry and trade

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