Wie die Frantzosen ein gelegen Ort, eine Festung zu bauwen erwehlet. IX. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Wie die Frantzosen ein gelegen Ort, eine Festung zu bauwen erwehlet. IX.
Subject: Timucua; Florida-History-Huguenot colony, 1562-1565; Colonists; Fortifications; 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 colonists is shown. They are in the process of building a fortress on an island in the middle of the river. The stronghold is triangular and is being built of wood. This illustration is identical to the one found on page 53 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:21046
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; 1591 German
Image: mta_21046_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Timucua; Florida-History-Huguenot colony, 1562-1565; Colonists; Fortifications; Indigenous peoples – Florida