Tag: Contributor: Theodor de Bry
Americae Pars Magis Cognita . . . MDCXXIV.
Theodor De Bry’s Grand Voyages
One of the pictures which is particularly interesting shows the Spanish invaders attempting to embattle the Indians who are defending themselves in a variety of manners. At the very center of the picture there is a group of Indians shown up in a stylized tree, pouring some substance – water, oil, who knows what – down upon the attacking conquistadors, who are holding up a large piece of wood to trying to fend it off. Meanwhile other Spaniards are firing rifles up at the tree – you can see the plumes of smoke at the end of their barrels – and an effort has been made, so far unsuccessful, to chop the tree down and to overcome the, uh, resistance accordingly. Needless to say, this is a hyper-stylized account of the conflict between the invading conquistadors and the native peoples, but it succeeds, I think, in depicting and making graphic for the modern eye just how brutal that period was.
For more details, view the catalog record: https://library.villanova.edu/Find/Record/1935595
For more details, view the catalog record: https://library.villanova.edu/Find/Record/1935594
For more details, view the catalog record: https://library.villanova.edu/Find/Record/1935626
For more details, view the catalog record: https://library.villanova.edu/Find/Record/1935627
Battle of Santo Domingo on Hispaniola
For more details, view the catalog record: https://library.villanova.edu/Find/Record/1691610