Petrvs Alvaradvs missvs ab Antonio de Mendozza in Sibollæ prouinciam, cum plerisque è suis à Xaliscanis occiditur. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Petrvs Alvaradvs missvs ab Antonio de Mendozza in Sibollæ prouinciam, cum plerisque è suis à Xaliscanis occiditur.
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Mexico; Spaniards; Colonists; Battles; Firearms; Spears; Horses; Siege warfare; Fortifications
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Mexico; Central America; North America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: A conflict between Spanish soldiers and Indigenous people of Mexico takes place around a prominent hill. The Indigenous people are massed at the top of the hill and have fortified their position with a log fence. From there they roll rocks and logs down the hill to prevent the Spaniards from reaching them. Bodies of Spanish men and their horses litter the hillside. The Spanish soldiers gather at the base of the hill, some on foot and many on horseback armed with long spears. Some Spaniards attempt to climb the hill to reach the Indigenous defenders, firing muskets up towards them. This image is identical to one found on page 43 of Frankfurt, 1595, but colored.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Theodor de Bry (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23792
Language: lat
Source Name: Americæ pars Qvinta Nobilis & admiratione plena Hieronymi Bezoni Mediolanensis secundæ sectionis Hispanorum, tum in Nigrittas seruos suos, tum in Indos crudelitatem, Gallorumq[ue] pirataru[m] de Hispanis toties reportata spolia, Aduentu[m] item Hispanoru[m] in Nouam Indiæ continentis Hispaniam, eorumq[ue], contra incolas eius regionis sæuitiam explicans.
Parent Collection: 1595 Bry
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