Courtesy Theodore Morris. Click on image above for link to original article.
Courtesy Florida Museum of Natural History. Click on image above for link to original article.
De Bry may have borrowed from earlier engravings of cannibals by Andre Thevet and Hans Staden in creating his own engraving of Florida Indians cooking. De Bry seems to have kept the fire tender with the fan from Staden's work but changed the human body parts to animal carcasses.
Andre Thevet's depiction. https://alchetron.com/André-Thévet
Little in this de Bry engraving is accurate: not the palisade, houses, nor nautilus shell cup.
Courtesy of the Florida Memory Project. Click on image above for more information.
It is difficult to believe that Jacques le Moyne, who painted this detailed natural-history scene, also did a painting that was a source for this de Bry engraving showing dragon-like alligators with ears.
Courtesy of the Florida Memory Project. Click on the image above or here for more information
Courtesy of the Florida Memory Project. Click on image above or here for more information.
Detail of de Bry's depiction of Timucuan women.
Hans Staden's “Execution of a Prisoner Stuck in Mussurana.” Original woodcut, 1557.
De Bry may have borrowed from earlier engravings of cannibals by Andre Thevet and Hans Staden in creating his own engraving of Florida Indians cooking. De Bry seems to have kept the fire tender with the fan from Staden's work but changed the human body parts to animal carcasses.
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Drying meat, fish, and other food. The smoked meat would be preserved and could be eaten later. Plate XXIV. Click on image above or here for more detail.
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Photo credit: The Florida Center for Instructional Technology, University of South Florida
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Portrait of the Flemish engraver de Bry, whose inaccurate depictions of Florida Indians have misled archaeologists.
Southeastern Indian shell cups were made using whelks.
1585 John White (English artist, c 1540-1593) Indian Woman of Florida. Click on image above or here for more information.
Great article that investigates the presence of Brazilian war clubs and Pacific seashells in 400-year-old engravings of Timucua Indians in Florida. Report that Theodor de Bry began publishing illustrated books on the Americas in 1590; Report that de Bry engraved 23 images based on paintings by English colonist John White; Publishing of "A Brief Narration Of Those Things Which Befell The French In The Province Of Florida In America," by de Bry, featuring engravings based on watercolor paintings by Jacques le Moyne de Morgues; Reference to the book "The New World," by Stefan Lorant; Depictions of the Timucua Indians in the engravings; Sources that document le Moyne's paintings and text, including "A Notable Historie Containing Foure voyages Made by Certaine French Captaynes unto Florida," by Richard Hakluyt; Comparison of scenes of the Florida Timucua with scenes of Brazilian Indians; Report that de Bry borrowed scenes from Brazilian sketches; Question of whether le Moyne actually did any paintings of Florida Indians; Reference to the book "A Foothold in Florida," by W. John Faupel.
Images from the article can be seen here on this website.
Note: this article appears in many different places. You can access it through the link above at the library.
You can access an abstract of it at Archaeology Magazine: https://archive.archaeology.org/0505/abstracts/florida.html
You can access a scanned partial copy at University of Florida here.
You can also read a version of this article in the book Handfuls of History: Stories About Florida's Past by Jerald T. Milanich. http://union.discover.flvc.org/permalink.jsp?00SO002737015
