• The images that shaped our understanding of the Timucua — and why they’re likely wrong

  • Nov 13 2023
  • Length: Less than 1 minute
  • Podcast

The images that shaped our understanding of the Timucua — and why they’re likely wrong

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  • In 1591, Flemish goldsmith Theodore de Bry and his sons published a book that still shapes how we picture the Timucua to this day. Supposedly its imagery was based on paintings by French painter Jacques LeMoyne, who was stationed at Fort Caroline… but was it really? And how accurate is the picture they present of local indigenous life?
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