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Hermaphroditorum officia. ["Functions of the Hermaphrodites"]
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Hermaphroditorum officia. ["Functions of the Hermaphrodites"]

Date1591-1634
Engraver 1528 - 1598
After work by
Engraver
Engraver
OriginEurope, Germany, Frankfurt
MediumBlack and white line engraving with modern hand color
DimensionsOH: 13 3/4" x OW: 9 7/16"; Plate H: 5 7/8" x W: 8 9/16"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1983-73
DescriptionThe upper margin reads: "Hermaphroditurum officia."

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).
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Theodor De Bry
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Theodor De Bry
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Qua solennitate Regina a Rege excipiatur. ["The solemn reception of the queen by the king"]
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Theodor De Bry
1590-1634
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Theodor De Bry
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Iamq; instantes prouocant Tuppin Imbas, ut si viri essent congrediantur. Conuertunt ergo scaphas in hostes, & hinc inde sagittis & tormentis acerrime certant... ["How my people came out to rescue me"]
Theodor De Bry
1592-1630
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MERCATORES QUIDAM CUM DEESSENT ILLIS CIBI quibis vescerentur in regione vasta, noctu ex insperato quorundam Indorum mapalia ingredi coguntur. ["The Indians are unduly alarmed"]
Theodor De Bry
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Ut alterum e carnibus Hieronymi epulum instituitur. ["How they disposed of their prisoners"]
Theodor De Bry
1592-1630
1983-75, Print
DIEGO GOTTIEREZ PRAEFECTUS HISPANUS Caciquos seu Regulos Suere, Chiuppa atque alios qui sa-lutandi gratia aduenerant, ad prandium inuitat. ["Spaniards Dining"]
Theodor De Bry
1595-1617
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"Pocahontas Saving Captain John Smith" (no title)
Matthaus Merian (1593-1650)
1634
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De magna clade, quam Angli anno 1622.22. Martij in virginia acceperunt. ["The massacre of the settlers"]
Matthaus Merian (1593-1650)
1634
1984-46, Map
Americæ/ pars, Nunc Virginia/ dicta, primum ab Anglis/ inuenta. sumtibus Dn. Walteri/ Raleigh, Equestris ordinis viri/ Anno Dñi · M D · LXXXV regni vero/ Sereniss: nostræ Reginæ Elizabethæ/ XXVII...
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