Petri Gambie Galli cædes. XLII. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Petri Gambie Galli cædes. XLII.
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: North America; Frankfurt (Germany); Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Florida; United States of America
Description: Three men are shown in a dugout canoe. An Indigenous man in the front of the canoe uses a long pole to maneuverer the boat in the river. Another Indigenous man stands in the rear of the canoe, looming over a colonist who kneels in the center of the boat (according to the title, he is a Frenchman named Pierre Gamble). The Indigenous man holds a small axe raised over the colonist’s head. A fire burns in the center of the boat, in front of the colonist.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver);Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (Artist);Johann Wechel (Printer); Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (Artist); Johann Wechel (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate Engraving
Identifier: mta:20528
Language: lat
Source Name: Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae provicia gallis acciderunt, secunda in illam navigatione, duce Renato de Laudoniere classis praefecto. Anno M D LXIIII. Quae est secunda pars Americae. Additae figurae & incolarum eicones ibidem ad vivu expressae, brevis item Declaratio Religionis, rituum, vivendique ratione ipsorum
Parent Collection: 1591 Latin; 1591 Latin
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Florida-History-Huguenot colony, 1562-1565; Indigenous peoples – North America – Rites and ceremonies; Executions and executioners; Indigenous peoples – Florida; Timucua

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