Theodor de Bry Art Gallery

These copper plated etchings were based on the watercolors of early American colonist John White (1539-1593). White was involved with the first attempt to colonize Roanoke Island in 1585. They depict the first Native Americans encountered by the Spanish conquistadors.

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Hiram Bingham Excavates Machu Picchu in 1912

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Yucatan Maya Art and Architecture in 1910 by Henry A. Case