Crocodilos conficiendi ratio. XXVI. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Crocodilos conficiendi ratio. XXVI.
Subject: Florida-History-Huguenot colony, 1562-1565; Indigenous peoples – Hunting – North America; Crocodiles; 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: In the foreground, six Indigenous men ram a long log into the mouth of a large crocodile. Behind them, seven individuals surround a second crocodile, attacking it with clubs, spears, and bow and arrows.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (Artist); Johann Wechel (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate Engraving
Identifier: mta:20406
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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