New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Unbekannte Neue Welt Oder Amerika

Artist Unknown

Date1673

MediumWoodcut

DimensionsOverall: 12 x 8 1/8 in. (30.5 x 20.6 cm)

ClassificationsEuropean art

Credit LineGift of Mr. Henry B. Caldwell

Object number61.40.8B7

Terms

Virginia
Germany

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Not on view

DescriptionOne of eleven pages on Virginia from a book with three illustrations: "Sasquesahanck" - three Indians, one with a bear's head on breast; another showing the inside of a long house (?) with much activity; a hugh crowned idol with arrow in mouth and holding symbols at whose feet are bodies and two men at a small altar. The first page has a portion on New Netherlands, and the last page on Florida.