Wie sie die Crocodilen schiessen. XXVI. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Wie sie die Crocodilen schiessen. XXVI.
Subject: Timucua; Florida-History-Huguenot colony, 1562-1565; Indigenous peoples – Hunting – North America; Crocodiles; 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: 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. This illustration is identical to the one found on page 93 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:21145
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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