MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
05-132
Record number:
05-132-8
JCB call number:
B731 V422h (copy 3)
Image title:
[Tascaluca meets the Spanish]
Place image published:
[Leiden]
Image publisher:
[Chez Pierre Vander Aa]
Image date:
[1731]
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 2, following p. 308
Technique:
etching, engraving
Image dimension height:
13.3 cm.
Image dimension width:
18 cm.
Page dimension height:
17.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
20.2 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Native American village in which a native American chief or ruler sits on a mound while one of his subjects holds an umbrella or parasol over him. Other native Americans scatter as European horsemen approach.
Source creator:
Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1503-1536
Source Title:
[Florida del Ynca. French] Historie de la conquete de la Floride ...
Source place of publication:
A Leide [Leiden]
Source publisher:
Chez Pierre Vander Aa
Source date:
MDCC XXXI. [1731]
notes:
Tascaluca, a Choctaw chief, greeted Hernando de Soto and his soldiers civilly, but with great reserve. The Spanish sought to impress him with their feats of horsemanship, but they didn't succeed.
Time Period:
1701-1750
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 2005.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
North America
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Choctaw Indians
Subject headings:
Indians of North America--First contact with Europeans

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