Details
Creators and Contributors
Author: Ogilby, John, 1600-1676
Contributor: Montanus, Arnoldus, approximately 1625-1683
Original Date Issued
1671
Mode of Issuance
Extent
26 x 39 cm
Description
Leaf (pages 277-278) from an early travel book on the Americas originally published by John Ogilby, 1671. Parts of text based on Arnoldus Montanus's "De Nieuwe en onbekende weereld: of beschryving van America en't zuid-land." Engraving top of page 277 illustrates a description of the "Inhabitants of Mexico." "…Cloth'd in Cotton: On their heads they wore a high Plume of red Feathers; about their Necks, over their Shoulders, Breast and Back, a kind of large Thorax of Feathers curiously pleited ; each Arm adorn'd with Armlets, and their Middles girt with broad white Girdles full of red Streaks ; in stead of Garters they wore Laces of Feathers, as also a little above their Ancles."
Note
Leaf (pages 277-278) from an early travel book on the Americas originally published by John Ogilby, 1671. Parts of text based on Arnoldus Montanus's "De Nieuwe en onbekende weereld: of beschryving van America en't zuid-land." Engraving top of page 277 illustrates a description of the "Inhabitants of Mexico." "…Cloth'd in Cotton: On their heads they wore a high Plume of red Feathers; about their Necks, over their Shoulders, Breast and Back, a kind of large Thorax of Feathers curiously pleited ; each Arm adorn'd with Armlets, and their Middles girt with broad white Girdles full of red Streaks ; in stead of Garters they wore Laces of Feathers, as also a little above their Ancles."
Resource Type
Genre
Geographic (Subject)
Identifier
mu:109613,PFTP114
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Digital Creation Date
2015-03-19
Date Modified
2021-07-23