Columnam à Praefecto prima navigatione locatem venerantur Floridenses. VIII. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Columnam à Praefecto prima navigatione locatem venerantur Floridenses. VIII.
Subject: Florida-History-Huguenot colony, 1562-1565; Colonists; Indigenous peoples – Clothing – North America; Indigenous peoples – Florida; Timucua
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: North America; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Florida; United States of America
Description: The monument erected by Jean Ribault during the voyage of 1562 is shown. There are various items on the ground around the monument, including a bow and quiver of arrows, baskets of foodstuffs, and other containers. In the foreground, an Indigenous man stands beside a colonist and gestures to the monument. The Indigenous man wears a headdress with racoon tails, a garment around his waist, a decorative chain of beads across his body, and large earrings. René de Laudonnière stands beside him. Behind the two men are several other colonists. On the left of the monument a group of Indigenous people are shown kneeling, appearing to worship the monument.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (Artist); Johann Wechel (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:20314
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
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