"Narratio regionum Indicarum per Hispanos quosdam deuastatarum verissima", portada

Translated Title:

"A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies", title page

Creator / Contributor:

Winghe, Joos van, approximately 1544-1603 (engraver / grabador) , Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566 (author / autor) , Officina Bryana (publisher / editorial) , and Typis Ioannis Saurii (printer / impresor)

Date Created / Date Issued:

1598

Place Name:

Germany and Germany--Frankfurt

Description:

Title page border is an engraved composition of four scenes. The top scene depicts an Indigenous group battling Europeans. The two scenes on either side of the title text illustrate Indigenous people carrying numerous vessels. The scene at the bottom shows an Indigenous nobleman surrounded by presumably silver vessels and platters Indigenous people are bringing, likely offerings to the armed Europeans facing the Indigenous leader. —— El borde de la portada es una composición grabada de cuatro escenas. La escena superior muestra a un grupo indígena luchando contra los europeos. Las dos escenas a ambos lados del título ilustran a indígenas que transportan numerosas jarrones. La escena en la parte inferior muestra a un noble indígena rodeado de vasijas y bandejas, presuntamente de plata, que traen los indígenas, probablemente ofrendas a los europeos armados frente al líder indígena.

Topic:

Conquerors , Conquistadores , Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540 , México--Historia--Conquista, 1519-1540 , Indigenous peoples , Gente indígena , Violence , Violencia , Exploitation , Exploitation , Silver drinking vessels , Vasos de plata para beber , Natives, Treatment of--Mexico , and Indígenas, Trato de--México

Time Period Covered:

16th Century / Siglo XVI (1500-1599)

Language:

Latin / Latín

Type:

Still image / Imagen fija

Extent:

1 engraving / grabado

General Note:

Part of: / Parte de: Bartolomé de las Casas' "Narratio regionum Indicarum per Hispanos quosdam deuastatarum verissima" (Francofurti: Sumptibus Theodori de Bry, & Ioannis Saurii typis, 1598).

Source Collection Identifier:

GZZ 980.6 C26NA 1598

Source Collection Name:

Rare Book Collection

Owning Repository:

Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin

Rights:

Public Domain / Dominio Público (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

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