COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
35312
Record number:
35312-5
JCB call number:
J590 B915v GVL 10 / 2-SIZE
Image title:
Quomodo Hispani alio quodam in loco excepti fuerint, ubi incolae serpentibus vescuntur.
Place image published:
[Oppenheim]
Image publisher:
[Hieronymus Galler]
Image date:
[1619]
Image function:
illustration; Plate 4
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
14.9 cm.
Image dimension width:
17.7 cm.
Page dimension height:
36.2 cm.
Page dimension width:
23.3 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Spanish soldiers approach bound serpents or dragons. In the background, the creatures are grilled and native American women are being offered to the Spanish. Also includes scene of dancing and of first encounter with native Americans with natives fleeing into the woods.
Source Title:
[America. Pt 10. Latin] Americae pars decima: Qua continentur, I. Duae navigationes Dn. Americi Vesputii ... II. Solida narratio de moderno provinciae Virginiae statu ... III. Vera descriptio Novae Angliae ...
Source place of publication:
Oppenheimii [Oppenheim]
Source publisher:
Typis Hieronymi Galleri
Source date:
M DC XIX. [1619]
notes:
In 1499-1500, the Spanish, under Alonso de Ojeda and including Amerigo Vespucci, were reputed to have landed on the shore of Cabo de la Vela in present-day Colombia. Many natives fled into the woods when they landed. The Spanish followed them and came upon a settlement where many strange animals described as being horrible snakes with feet and wings (iguanas) were held and being prepared for a meal. The natives were very hospitable, even offering their women. This work was published by Johann Theodor de Bry and contains three parts. The first part includes two letters of Amerigo Vespucci describing his voyages to America in 1497 and 1499. The second is derived from Ralph Hamor, A true discours of the present state of Virginia, London, 1615. The third part is derived from Captain John Smith, A description of New England, London, 1616. Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 10. Latin. Imprint information from colophon.
Time Period:
1601-1650
References:
Church, E.D. Discovery, 171
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1871.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners
Subject headings:
Indians of South America
Quomodo Hispani alio quodam in loco excepti fuerint, ubi incolae serpentibus vescuntur.
