Antique Print-NAPITUCA-MASSACRE-DE-SOTO-TIMUCUA-FLORIDA-Goeree-Van der Aa-1707

Name: Antique Print-NAPITUCA-MASSACRE-DE-SOTO-TIMUCUA-FLORIDA-Goeree-Van der Aa-1707
SKU: PICTURA-01388
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Scene of mass execution and violence by Spanish conquistadors in full armor, on horseback and on foot, against Indigenous people. Several natives are being hanged from trees, others lie dead or are tortured. A mounted soldier raises a sword mid-slash. One of the earliest visual accounts of large-scale European violence on North American soil. In 1539, Hernando de Soto led an army of more than 500 men through the western parts of Timucua territory, stopping in a series of villages of the Ocale, Potano, Northern Utina, and Yustaga branches of the Timucua on his way to the Apalachee domain (see list of sites and peoples visited by the Hernando de Soto Expedition for other sites visited by de Soto). His army seized the food stored in the villages, forced women into concubinage, and forced men and boys to serve as guides and bearers. The army fought two battles with Timucua groups, resulting in heavy Timucua casualties. After defeating the resisting Timucuan warriors, Hernando de Soto had 200 executed, in what was to be called the Napituca Massacre, the first large-scale massacre by Europeans on what later became U.S. soil (Florida). De Soto was in a hurry to reach the Apalachee domain, where he expected to find gold and sufficient food to support his army through the winter, so he did not linger in Timucua territory. The Acuera resisted the Spaniards de Soto’s forces when de Soto’s forces tried to seize stored food from Acuera towns, killing several of the Spaniards

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SKU: PICTURA-01388 Categories: History, USA-Canada Tag: Historical

Description

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

Sheet size: 23 x 18 cm (9.06 x 7.09 inch). Image size: 18 x 13 cm. (7.09 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.

HERNANDO DE SOTO, TIMUCUA, FLORIDA, NAPITUCA, NATIVE AMERICAN MASSACRE, SPANISH CONQUEST, 1539, PIETER VAN DER AA, EARLY COLONIAL VIOLENCE | PCO-C50-06

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

‘Naaukeurige Versameling der Gedenk-waardigste Zee en Land-reysen, na Oost en West-Indien, Mitsgaders andere Gewesten, ter eerster Ontdekking enn soo vervolgens van Verscheyde Volkeren, meerendels door Vorsten, of Maatschappyen Derwaarts gesonden, gedaan. Zedert het jaar 1492 tot 1499 …’, (transl.: Accurate accounts of memorable sea and land-voyages, to the East and West Indies and other regions, first discovering by different nations, mostly kings or companies send there. since 1492-1499.), published by Pieter Van Der Aa, Leiden 1706-1708. 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.

Biography engraver: Jan Goeree (1670?1731) was a Dutch draughtsman, engraver, and poet active in Amsterdam. He worked for Pieter van der Aa on various historical and topographical publications.