Deformed men, hunchbacks, dwarves, and giants sit in a hall while men are served dinner in background. Includes balloons made out of bladders, men with tails, growths on their heads, potbellies, and midgets, musical instruments such as a tambourine and ho
Source Title:
Naaukeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en land-reysen na Oost en West-Indiën ... zedert het jaar 1519 tot 1521
Source place of publication:
In het ligt gegeven te Leyden [Leiden]
Source publisher:
Door Pieter Vander Aa, boekverkoper in de St. Pieters Koor-steeg, in Plato.
Source date:
1707
notes:
Text discusses the court of Moctezuma [Montezuma] where fools and deformed humans of all kinds were found. Moctezuma was said to have asserted that more instruction was to be gathered from them than from wiser men, for they dared to tell the truth. This image follows the special title page for Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Heldhaftige reys-togten, te land door Ferdinand Cortes, in Nieuw-Spanje ... , Leyden, 1707. This collection of voyages consists of 127 parts, each having a special title page, separate pagination, and register. The voyages covering the period from 1246 to 1696 are arranged chronologically.
