Buttol, beste cornue & mo[n]struese. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Buttol, beste cornue & mo[n]struese.
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Florida; Bison; Indigenous peoples – Hunting – North America; Indigenous weapons – North America; Indigenous peoples – Clothing – North America
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Florida; United States of America; North America; Paris; France
Description: Two Indigenous people hunt large animals in Florida. The animals, which are likely bison, have long shaggy fur and curved horns. The two men wear garments made from the animals’ pelts, which protect them from cold (according to the text), and use a spear and a bow and arrow to hunt the animals. Thevet mentions in the text that ‘Buttol’ is the Indigenous peoples’ name for the animals. This image is identical to one found on page 1007 verso of Paris, 1575 (l’Huillier).
Image Creator: Unknown (Woodcutter); Guillaume Chaudière (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23565
Language: fre
Source Name: La Cosmographie Vniverselle d’André Thevet Cosmographe du Roy
Parent Collection: 1575 Paris
Image: mta_23565_OBJ.png