Indorum alij occiduntur, alij incendio pereunt. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Indorum alij occiduntur, alij incendio pereunt.
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Colombia; Massacres; Indigenous peoples – Treatment of; Colonists; Spaniards; Village communities; Arson; Swords; Shields; Spears; Firearms
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Colombia; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: A group of Spanish soldiers attack an Indigenous village, killing the inhabitants with swords, spears, and muskets, and setting fire to the village. The Spaniards have surrounded the village and attack from all side with their assorted weapons. The Indigenous men, women and children are trapped in the village, several have already been killed and those alive have no escape. The fire, set against the fence encircling the village, is burning around the fence and has caught two of the four dwelling that make up the village. This image is identical to one found on page 183 of Frankfurt, 1594, but colored.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Johann Feyerabend (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23729
Language: lat
Source Name: Americae pars quarta. Sive, Insignis & Admiranda Historia de reperta primùm Occidentali India à Christophoro Columbo Anno M. CCCCXCII
Parent Collection: 1594 Latin; 1594 Latin
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples – Colombia; Massacres; Indigenous peoples – Treatment of; Colonists; Spaniards; Village communities; Arson; Swords; Shields; Spears; Firearms

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