Florida Dugout Canoe and Typical Timucua Houses

From Canoes: A Natural History in North America by Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims

The Timucua people of Florida used dugout canoes to transport produce to storehouses built of mud and stones. This 1591 engraving by Theodor de Bry is based on drawings from a manuscript by Jacques le Moyne de Morgues, who accompanied the 1564 Huguenot expedition to Florida.
Creator(s)	de Bry, Theodor
Contributor(s)	Le Moyne, Jacques
Subjects	History Cultural Studies Literature Native American Studies Regional Studies
Date	1591
Related Section	Chapter 1: Dugout Canoes
Keywords	Theodor de Bry Timucua dugout Early Modern engraving Florida
Content Type	illustration
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Rightsholder	John Carter Brown Library, Brown University
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Credit Line	Courtesy of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University.
Holding Contact	John Carter Brown Library at Brown University

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Florida dugout canoe and typical Timucua houses, 1591, engraving by Theodor de Bry after Jacques Le Moyne.

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