[Columbus landing on Hispaniola, Dec. 6, 1492; greeted by Arawak Indians] – Antique Wall Art
![[Columbus landing on Hispaniola, Dec. 6, 1492; greeted by Arawak Indians], [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e4/e4daa1eccfc3-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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This rare antique engraving captures [Columbus landing on Hispaniola, Dec. 6, 1492; greeted by Arawak Indians] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Columbus landing on Hispaniola, Dec. 6, 1492; greeted by Arawak Indians]
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Columbus came ashore on Hispaniola on December 6, 1492, and this engraving shows his meeting with the Arawak people who lived on the island. The print was made by Theodor de Bry, a Flemish-born engraver whose Frankfurt publications spread images of the Americas across Europe in the late 1500s. De Bry worked from printed accounts of the voyages rather than firsthand sketches, so the scene reflects European ideas about the encounter as much as what happened on the shore. The record's date and publication details are unverified, so the exact year of printing is uncertain.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | Engraving by DeBry. Illus. in: DeBry, America, pt. 4, plate IX. Reference copy may be in Biog. File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: RBD?; Columbus; Indians; Haiti. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,118 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-135110 |
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