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Title
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XVIII. La facon de danser de ceux de Virginia en leurs festes solennelles.
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Description
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A group of Indigenous people are shown engaging in a dance. Three individuals embrace, and others dance in a circle around them. Some hold branches and other plants and objects in their hands. The circle is partially formed by wooden posts stuck into the ground. These posts have faces carved into the top of them, facing into the center of the dance circle.
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Image Creator
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Theodor de Bry (Engraver);John White (Painter);Johann Wechel (Printer)
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Theodor de Bry (Engraver)
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John White (Painter)
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Johann Wechel (Printer)
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Identifier
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mta:20591
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Source Name
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An illustrated book comprising the text from Thomas Hariot’s A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia and engravings based on the paintings by John White. Thomas Hariot and John White were both part of an expedition to the English Roanoke colony in what was then called Virginia (now North Carolina, United States of America) in 1585. The text by Thomas Hariot was originally published in English in 1588, prior to the de Bry editions that were published in English, French, German, and Latin. This work constitutes part one of fourteen parts of Theodor de Bry’s Great Voyages collection (a collection of travel accounts) and was the only part printed in four languages – the following thirteen parts were printed only in Latin and German. Some sources state the translation from English to French may have been completed by Charles de l’Ecluse (Carolus Clusius), although he is not credited in the text. This copy is missing a double map of Virginia with Indigenous settlements labeled that should have been the first illustration in the series (plate I).
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Image
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Subject
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Algonquians
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Bonfires
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Indigenous peoples-North America-Rights and ceremonies
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Clothing and dress
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Indigenous dance – North America
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Indigenous peoples – Virginia
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Indigenous peoples – North Carolina
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