COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
06977
accession_no
06977
Accession number
false
Record number:
06977-6
record_number
06977-6
Record number
false
JCB call number:
F622 S755s
jcb_call_no
F622 S755s
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Scene of torture]
image_title
[Scene of torture]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Amsterdam]
place_image_published
[Amsterdam]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Jan Evertszoon Cloppenburg]
image_publisher
[Jan Evertszoon Cloppenburg]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1620]
image_date
[1620]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; p. 22
image_function
illustration; p. 22
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
10.4 cm.
image_dimensions_height
10.4 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
13.1 cm.
image_dimensions_width
13.1 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
18.5 cm.
page_dimensions_height
18.5 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
14.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
14.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Spaniards torture a native American by holding his feet to a fire. Other men bring out even more gold and precious objects. In the background, Spaniards kill women. Includes guns or muskets, swords, bows, and arrows.
description
Spaniards torture a native American by holding his feet to a fire. Other men bring out even more gold and precious objects. In the background, Spaniards kill women. Includes guns or muskets, swords, bows, and arrows.
Description
false
Source creator:
Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1474-1566
source_creator
Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1474-1566
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Brevissima relacion. Dutch] Den spiegel der Spaensche tyrannye, ghescheit in West-Indien
source_title
[Brevissima relacion. Dutch] Den spiegel der Spaensche tyrannye, ghescheit in West-Indien
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Tot Amsterdam
source_place_of_publication
Tot Amsterdam
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Ghedruckt by Ian Evertss Cloppenburg, op 't Watertegen over de Koor-Beurs in vergulden Bÿbel
source_publisher
Ghedruckt by Ian Evertss Cloppenburg, op 't Watertegen over de Koor-Beurs in vergulden Bÿbel
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1620
source_date
1620
Source date
false
notes:
Text discusses how in the year 1514, a villainous governor, probably Pedro Arias d'Avila, governor of Panama, had a cacique tortured who had already given the governor gold and precious objects. Under torture the cacique revealed the location of even more gold. This governor would also attack mountain retreats of the natives and kill all the men, but capture the women. When other native men would arrive to rescue the women, they in turn were killed. This image is derived from author's Narratio regionum ..., Frankfurt a. M., 1598, and is here reversed. One of the first to vilify the Spanish as cruel exploiters of the Indians, Bartolomé de las Casas, the bishop of Chiapas, vehemently condemned maltreatment of the Indians. His writings enforced an enduring set of of ideas known as the Black Legend and sanctioned Protestant retaliation against Catholic countries, especially Spain.
notes
Text discusses how in the year 1514, a villainous governor, probably Pedro Arias d'Avila, governor of Panama, had a cacique tortured who had already given the governor gold and precious objects. Under torture the cacique revealed the location of even more gold. This governor would also attack mountain retreats of the natives and kill all the men, but capture the women. When other native men would arrive to rescue the women, they in turn were killed. This image is derived from author's Narratio regionum ..., Frankfurt a. M., 1598, and is here reversed. One of the first to vilify the Spanish as cruel exploiters of the Indians, Bartolomé de las Casas, the bishop of Chiapas, vehemently condemned maltreatment of the Indians. His writings enforced an enduring set of of ideas known as the Black Legend and sanctioned Protestant retaliation against Catholic countries, especially Spain.
notes
false
Time Period:
1601-1650
time_period
1601-1650
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1882.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1882.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Indians, Treatment of
subject_heads
Indians, Treatment of
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Indians of Central America--Panama
subject_heads
Indians of Central America--Panama
Subject headings
false