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Hostium oppida noctu incendendi ratio. ["How they destroy the enemy's towns during the night"]
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Hostium oppida noctu incendendi ratio. ["How they destroy the enemy's towns during the night"]

Date1591-1634
Engraver 1528 - 1598
After work by
OriginEurope, Germany, Frankfurt
MediumBlack and white line engraving with modern hand color
DimensionsOH: 12 1/4" x OW: 9 1/2"; Plate H: 6 1/8" x W: 8 7/16"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1983-66
DescriptionThe upper margin reads: "Hostium oppida noctu incendendi/ ratio."

Plate XXXI from BREVIS NARRATIO EORVM QUÆ IN FLORIDA AMERICÆ PROVICIA…, Part II of De Bry's Grand VoyagesProvenanceBefore 1983, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1983-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).