America, das ist, Erfindung vnd Offenbahrung der Newen Welt : deroselbigen Völcker, Gestalt, Sitten, Gebräuch, Policey vnd Gottesdienst
This is a 1617 German edition of Theodor de Bry's account of the New World, printed in Frankfurt am Main by Nikolaus Hoffmann and aimed at a Protestant readership interested in American peoples and customs. The four plates show Indigenous ceremonies, a coastal skirmish with European ships and armoured soldiers, a ritual around a pit, and close combat with bows and clubs. A designer might draw on the dense crosshatched engraving, the crowded groupings of nude figures, and the contrast between armoured Europeans and bare-bodied Indigenous people.
