Wie sie desz Nachts ihrer Feinde Stätte anzünden. XXXI. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Wie sie desz Nachts ihrer Feinde Stätte anzünden. XXXI.
Subject: Timucua; Florida-History-Huguenot colony, 1562-1565; Villages; Indigenous weapons; Indigenous peoples – Warfare – North America; 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 stand outside a town. They are using large bows to fire arrows over the trees and fence surrounding a town. The arrows have been set on fire and they spread flames to the roofs of the houses in the town when they land. This illustration is identical to the one found on page 103 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:21173
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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