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Title
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Die Spanier hawen die Bäume darauff die Indianer ihre wohnung haben, mit Axten umb, und stürtzen sie herunder.
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Description
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A group of Spaniards attack several Indigenous people in trees in the Atrato river region of present-day Colombia. The Indigenous people of the region built homes in the treetops because the land around the river was quite swampy. The Indigenous people throw rocks at the attackers on the ground below them and try to protect their children. The Spaniards use large wooden boards to protect themselves from the falling rocks while they try to chop down the trees with hatchets. They have successfully felled one tree and proceed to kill the family who lived among its branches with swords. This image is identical to one found on page 24 (157) of Frankfurt, 1596.
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Image Creator
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Theodor de Bry (Engraver)
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Johann Feyerabend (Printer)
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Identifier
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mta:23855
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Source Name
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Das sechste Theil der neuwen Welt. oder Der Historien Hieron. Benzo von Meylandt, Das Dritte Buch. Darinnen warhafftig erzehlet wird, wie die Spanier die Goldreiche Landschafften deß Peruanischen Königreichs eyngenommen, den König Atabalibam gefangen und getödtet. Auch wie sie, entlich sich selbst untereinander auffgerieben haben.
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Image
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