[Conflict between Indigenous Canadian groups] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Conflict between Indigenous Canadian groups]
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Canada, Eastern; Indigenous weapons – North America; Indigenous peoples – Warfare – North America; Arson; Dugout canoes
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Canada, Eastern; Canada; North America; Antwerp; Belgium; Spanish Netherlands
Description: A group of Indigenous Canadians (identified as such by the author) attacks the village of another group. The attackers arrive by canoe, bearing spears, bows and arrows, and torches. Some of them set fires along the shore and in the village. A few individuals on the left flee the fire by running and crawling away in an attempt to avoid the smoke. This illustration is a simplified and mirrored version of the one found on page 156 of Paris, 1557.
Image Creator: Arnaud Nicolai (Woodcutter); Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23427
Language: fre
Source Name: Les Singvlaritez de la France Antarctique, avtrement nommée Amerique, & de plusieurs Terres & Isles decouuertes de nostre temps
Parent Collection: 1558 Antwerp
Image: mta_23427_OBJ.png