Hostium oppida noctu incendendi ratio. ["How they destroy the enemy's towns during the night"]
Date1591-1634
Engraver
Theodor De Bry
(1528 - 1598)
After work by
Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (d. 1587)
MediumBlack and white line engraving with modern hand color
DimensionsOH: 12 1/4" x OW: 9 1/2"; Plate H: 6 1/8" x W: 8 7/16"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1983-66
DescriptionThe upper margin reads: "Hostium oppida noctu incendendi/ ratio."Plate XXXI from BREVIS NARRATIO EORVM QUÆ IN FLORIDA AMERICÆ PROVICIA…, Part II of De Bry's Grand Voyages
1590-1634
1590-1634