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SC 1
[The Spaniards burn an indian village]. 
De Bry Theodore
Place/ Date: Frankfurt 1631
Size: 160 x 195 mm
Condition: Good. Black and white.
$ 280
Additional info:  German edition. From "Historia Antipodum".The governor Hodeida of Cartagena made an inland expedition to find gold but was defeated by the indians. With the arrival of a fleet comanded by Diego de Niquesa with seven hundred men, the governor conducted a new expedition against the Indians, killing them all and burning their huts but not finding any gold.

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