[Mort de trois Espagnols, & le tourmens que soffrit Jean Ortis] – Historic Print
![[Mort de trois Espagnols, & le tourmens que soffrit Jean Ortis], [published 1731] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4c/4c517c89c4a8-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[Mort de trois Espagnols, & le tourmens que soffrit Jean Ortis] comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The engraving depicts the deaths of three Spaniards and the torments suffered by Juan Ortiz, a subject that sets it apart from the other scenes in this series. Ortiz had been captured by Native people on the Florida coast after the failed Narváez expedition of 1528, and he was still alive when Hernando de Soto's men reached him in 1539. His knowledge of local languages made him valuable as an interpreter during the expedition's march inland. The plate faces page 46 of Pierre van der Aa's 1731 French edition of Garcilaso de la Vega's account of De Soto's journey, a book that shaped European ideas about the Florida interior for generations.
| Created / published | [published 1731] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1730-1740.Engravings 1730-1740. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Histoire de la conquete de la Floride ... par Ferdinand de Soto ... / L'Inca Gardillasso de la Vega. Aleide : Pierre Vander, 1731, oppos. p. 46. |
| Subjects | Soto, Hernando de,--ca. 1500-1542--Journeys--Florida. Ortiz, Juan,--d. 1543--Capture & imprisonment. Discovery & exploration--Florida--1530-1540. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,263 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-181123 |
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