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![[Title page]. Description: Title page with four portrait medallions--Diego Velasquez de Cuellar; Basco Nuñes de Xeres de Badajoz [Vasco Nuñez de Balboa], discoverer of the Pacific Ocean; Juan de Grijalva de Cuellar, explorer of the Yucatan; and Juan Ponce de Leon, discoverer of Florida. Includes scenes of the discovery of Santiago de Cuba, Balboa's claiming possession of the Pacific Ocean, Grijalva's battle with native Americans and Ponce de Leon conquering Florida. Also includes scenes of native American warfare, scene of human sacrifice, and cultural artifacts such as bows, arrows, shields, clubs, crossbows, headdress, Montezuma (or Moctezuma) carried on a litter, one of the idols of the native Mexicans, and view of Puerto de Perico [Isla Perico] in Panama, as well as a view of Santa Maria de la Antigua del Darien on the Panama coast. In the center is the Spanish royal coat of arms (of Castile and Leon). Source creator: Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625. Source title: Historia general de los hechos de los Castellano en las Islas y tierra firme del mar oceano ... Decada segunda. Source place of publication: [Madrid]. Source publisher: [en la emplenta Real]. Source date: [1601]. Record number: 10772-2.](https://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/preview/YJC/YJC0/YJC0016/YJC0016404_Title-page.jpg "Title page")
| Caption | [Title page]. Description: Title page with four portrait medallions--Diego Velasquez de Cuellar; Basco Nuñes de Xeres de Badajoz [Vasco Nuñez de Balboa], discoverer of the Pacific Ocean; Juan de Grijalva de Cuellar, explorer of the Yucatan; and Juan Ponce de Leon, discoverer of Florida. Includes scenes of the discovery of Santiago de Cuba, Balboa's claiming possession of the Pacific Ocean, Grijalva's battle with native Americans and Ponce de Leon conquering Florida. Also includes scenes of native American warfare, scene of human sacrifice, and cultural artifacts such as bows, arrows, shields, clubs, crossbows, headdress, Montezuma (or Moctezuma) carried on a litter, one of the idols of the native Mexicans, and view of Puerto de Perico [Isla Perico] in Panama, as well as a view of Santa Maria de la Antigua del Darien on the Panama coast. In the center is the Spanish royal coat of arms (of Castile and Leon). Source creator: Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625. Source title: Historia general de los hechos de los Castellano en las Islas y tierra firme del mar oceano ... Decada segunda. Source place of publication: [Madrid]. Source publisher: [en la emplenta Real]. Source date: [1601]. Record number: 10772-2. |
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| Artwork medium | engraving |
| Credit | Courtesy of the John Carter Brown Library |
| Terms of use | Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) |
| Search stock images by keyword | four portrait medallions Diego Velasquez de Cuellar Basco Nuñes de Xeres de Badajoz Vasco Nuñez de Balboa discoverer Pacific Ocean Juan de Grijalva de Cuellar explorer Yucatan Juan Ponce de Leon Florida Includes scenes discovery Santiago de Cuba Balboa claiming possession Grijalva battle native Americans and Ponce de Leon conquering American warfare scene human sacrifice cultural artifacts bows arrows shields clubs crossbows headdress Montezuma Moctezuma carried litter one idols Mexicans view Puerto de Perico Isla Perico Panama well Santa Maria de la Antigua del Darien coast center Spanish royal coat coat of arms coat of arms Castile and Leon History 1903 Indians of South America Mexico Conquest 1517-1540 Spanish America |
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