“They made gallows just high enough for the feet to nearly touch the ground … and they burned the Indians alive.” Illustration by Theodor de Bry in “A Short Account of the destruction of the Indies.” Brevisima Relacion De La Destruycion De Las Indias; by: Bartolome De Las Casas; (1552) (1552 is original edition – this image is probably from the 1598 Latin translation). Designer: Joos van Winghe (1544–1603), Southern Netherlandish-German painter and draughtsman. Engraver: Theodor de Bry (1528–1598), Southern Netherlandish engraver, draughtsman, editor and publisher. Public Domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Forside 1492 “They made gallows just high enough for the feet to nearly touch the ground … and they burned the Indians alive.” Illustration by Theodor de Bry in “A Short Account of the destruction of the Indies.” Brevisima Relacion De La Destruycion De Las Indias; by: Bartolome De Las Casas; (1552) (1552 is original edition - this image is probably from the 1598 Latin translation). Designer: Joos van Winghe (1544–1603), Southern Netherlandish-German painter and draughtsman. Engraver: Theodor de Bry (1528–1598), Southern Netherlandish engraver, draughtsman, editor and publisher. Public Domain.
“They made gallows just high enough for the feet to nearly touch the ground … and they burned the Indians alive.” Illustration by Theodor de Bry in “A Short Account of the destruction of the Indies.” Brevisima Relacion De La Destruycion De Las Indias; by: Bartolome De Las Casas; (1552) (1552 is original edition – this image is probably from the 1598 Latin translation). Designer: Joos van Winghe (1544–1603), Southern Netherlandish-German painter and draughtsman. Engraver: Theodor de Bry (1528–1598), Southern Netherlandish engraver, draughtsman, editor and publisher. Public Domain.
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