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Title
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Franciscvs Monteio Lvcatanæ provinciæ præficitur. Quidam ex Cacicis, foedus cum illo contrahere velle fimulans, tragula illum conficere conatur.
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Description
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Near the coast along the Bay of Mexico in the Mexican province of Yucatán, an Indigenous man wearing a loincloth swings a sword in the direction of a Spanish man (Hernando de Motejo), who lunges forward while drawing his own sword. Three other Indigenous men move away from the two swordsmen. In the background another group of unarmed Indigenous people greet a group of Spaniards who have come ashore in rowboats from their ships. The Spaniards carry muskets, swords, and pikes. A second group of Spanish soldiers mass further away, some of whom ride horses that are unloaded from one of the two ships anchored near the coast. This image is identical to one found on page 155 of Frankfurt, 1595, but colored.
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Image Creator
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Theodor de Bry (Engraver)
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Theodor de Bry (Printer)
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Identifier
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mta:23789
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Source Name
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Americæ pars Qvinta Nobilis & admiratione plena Hieronymi Bezoni Mediolanensis secundæ sectionis Hispanorum, tum in Nigrittas seruos suos, tum in Indos crudelitatem, Gallorumq[ue] pirataru[m] de Hispanis toties reportata spolia, Aduentu[m] item Hispanoru[m] in Nouam Indiæ continentis Hispaniam, eorumq[ue], contra incolas eius regionis sæuitiam explicans.
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Image
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Subject
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Indigenous peoples – Mexico
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Ambushes and surprises
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Spaniards
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Colonists
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Sailing ships
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Swords
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Firearms
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