Auri legendi ratio in rivis è montibus Apalatcy decurrentibus. XLI. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Auri legendi ratio in rivis è montibus Apalatcy decurrentibus. XLI.
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: North America; Frankfurt (Germany); Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Florida; United States of America
Description: A group of Indigenous men is shown working in a river. They use long poles to stir up the mud at the bottom of the river and along the riverbanks. They put the collected gold into baskets. Two men are carrying baskets on their shoulders away from the river.
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:20527
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
Image: mta_20527_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Florida-History-Huguenot colony, 1562-1565; Indigenous peoples – North America – Social life and customs; Gold dredging; Indigenous peoples – Florida; Timucua