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Antique Print-CHICORA-NATIVE-AMERICANS-WORSHIP-IDOLS-Goeree-Van der Aa-1706

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€125.00

An engraving depicting the indigenous people of Chicora (from present-day Winyah Bay, South Carolina) bowing before idols, performing rituals, and engaging in worship. The scene includes men, women, and children, with some figures in feathered headdresses, while others appear to be priests or shamans conducting the ceremony. Spanish explorers likely observed and recorded these practices, influencing European perceptions of Native American spirituality. During the Voyage Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon in 1520 from Hispaniola to Chicora. Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon (c.1480-1526) was a Spanish magistrate and explorer who in 1526 established the short-lived San Miguel de Gualdape colony, one of the first European attempts at a settlement in what is now the United States. Ayllon’s account of the region inspired a number of later attempts by the Spanish and French governments to colonize the southeastern United States.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand-laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 22 x 18 cm (8.66 x 7.09 inch). Image size: 17.5 x 13 cm. (6.89 x 5.12 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Slight foxing, some creasing and minor stains along edges. Original vertical fold as issued. Additional vertical fold lines. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

CHICORA, NATIVE AMERICAN RITUALS, INDIGENOUS WORSHIP, SPANISH EXPLORATION, LUCAS V?ZQUEZ DE AYLL?N, SAN MIGUEL DE GUALDAPE, 16TH CENTURY, PIETER VAN DER AA, COLONIAL AMERICA, EARLY EUROPEAN CONTACT, IDOLATRY, RELIGION IN THE NEW WORLD | PCO-C50-17

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: ‘Scheeps-togt door Lucas Vasquez d’Ayllon … van Hispaniola … Chicora … in ‘t jaar 1520.’ Uit d’eyge berigten … door Anthony de Herrera. Published by Pieter van der Aa in Leyden in 1707. Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733) was a Dutch publisher best known for preparing maps and atlases, though he also printed pirated editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated volumes. He also printed many maps that were often out of print, which he reissued.

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Biography engraver: Jan Goeree (1670-1731) was a Dutch engraver, draughtsman, and author, mainly active in Amsterdam. He was a pupil of Gerard de Lairesse and created detailed historical engravings.

Additional information

Dimensions 18 × 22 × 1 cm

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