Wie sie Goldt in den Bächen, so auß dem Gebirge Apalatcy fliessen, suchen. XLI. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Wie sie Goldt in den Bächen, so auß dem Gebirge Apalatcy fliessen, suchen. XLI.
Subject: Timucua; Florida-History-Huguenot colony, 1562-1565; Indigenous peoples – North America – Social life and customs; Gold dredging; Indigenous peoples – Florida
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: United States of America; North America; Frankfurt (Germany); Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Florida
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. This illustration is identical to the one found on page 131 of Frankfurt 1591, but colored.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Jacques le Moyne de Morgues (Artist); Johann Wechel (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:21186
Language: ger
Source Name: Der ander Theyl, der newlich erfundenen Landtschafft Americæ, Von dreyen Schiffahrten, so die Frantzosen in Floridam (die gegen Nidergang gelegen) gethan. Eine unter dem Hauptmann H. Laudonniere, Anno 1564. Die ander unter H. Ribald 1565. Die dritte, unter H. Guorguesio 1567. Geschehen.
Parent Collection: 1591 German
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