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XXXIII. How They Declare War

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Plate XXXIII.

How They Declare War

When a king wishes to declare war on his enemy, he does not send heralds to announce his intentions. He orders arrows with locks of hair attached to the notches to be stuck along the public ways. We observed this practice when we conducted King Outina, as a prisoner, through villages that he governed, to make them supply us with provisions. These arrows were later carried back to the fort by Ottigny.

The digital copies of the de Bry engravings (N2012-6) included here are made possible by a donation from the Michael W. and Dr. Linda Fisher Collection.

All translations are taken from Discovering the New World, Based on the Works of Theodore de Bry, edited by Michael Alexander (New York: Harper & Row, 1976).

Title

XXXIII. How They Declare War

Subject

Indians of North America -- Florida.

Florida -- Saint Johns County -- Saint Augustine

Description

This collection consists of digital copies (produced by the Archives) of 42 16th-century engraved illustrations by Theodore de Bry. The engravings are from the second volume in de Bry's series Grands Voyages chronicling the European exploration of the Americas. The second volume, "Der ander Theil, der newlich erfundenen Landschafft Americae, von dreyen Schiffahrten, so die Frantzosen in Floridam" (1591), was an account of the French attempt to establish a settlement in Florida and their experiences with the Timucua. De Bry's engraved illustrations are the earliest European images of Florida. A Flemish engraver, bookseller and publisher, de Bry produced the copper engravings with the help of his sons Jan Theodor and Jan Israel. As none of them had ever been to Florida, they were guided in their efforts by watercolors created by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (c. 1533-1588), a French artist and mapmaker who was a member of the 1564 Laudonnière expedition.

Creator

Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598

Source

State Archives of Florida, Collection N2012-6

Date

1591

Contributor

Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, d. 1588.

Format

engravings (prints)

Language

deu-Latf

Type

still image

Identifier

n2012-6_33

Coverage

Florida's First Spanish Colonial Period (1513-1763)

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Plate XXXIII.

How They Declare War

When a king wishes to declare war on his enemy, he does not send heralds to announce his intentions. He orders arrows with locks of hair attached to the notches to be stuck along the public ways. We observed this practice when we conducted King Outina, as a prisoner, through villages that he governed, to make them supply us with provisions. These arrows were later carried back to the fort by Ottigny.

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Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598. XXXIII. How They Declare War. 1591. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/294799>, accessed 27 December 2024.

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Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598. XXXIII. How They Declare War. 1591. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/294799>

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XXXIII. How They Declare War

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