Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Soldiers chop off hands]
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Accession number:
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08984
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Record number:
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08984-106
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JCB call number:
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F707 N111v
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Image title:
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[Soldiers chop off hands]
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Place image published:
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[Leiden]
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Image publisher:
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[Pieter van der Aa]
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Image date:
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[1706]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate; vol. 12, [part 1], following p. 50
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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12.7 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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17.6 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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17 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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20 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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Spaniards torture native Americans by chopping off hands. Includes ax, spears, guns or muskets, hands lying on the ground, and men running away.
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Source Title:
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Naaukeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en land-reysen na Oost en West-Indiën ... zedert het jaar 1524 tot 1526
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Source place of publication:
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In het ligt gegeven te Leyden [Leiden]
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Source publisher:
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Door Pieter Vander Aa, boekverkoper in de St. Pieters Koor-steeg, in Plato.
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Source date:
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1707
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notes:
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Text discusses Hernando de Soto's quest to find gold in Florida and his cruelty to the natives there.This image is similar to Theodor de Bry, America, part V, plate 17, and to Bartolomé de las Casas, Narratio regionum ..., Frankfurt a. M., 1598.This image follows the special title page for Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Seer aanmerkelijke scheeps-togten, gedaan door Franciscus Pizarrus, en Didacus Almagrus, van Panama na Peru ... , Leiden, 1706.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.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1849.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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North America
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geographic area:
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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Conquerors--Florida
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Subject headings:
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Indians, Treatment of
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