Pearl Diving

French explorers witnessed the pearl diving industry in the Caribbean, where the newcomers got a glimpse of the native dugouts used in the activity.

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

This print from around 1785 came from a book by John Hamilton Moore of Great Britain, who employed engravers such as George Henry Millar, working in copper, to make etchings of exotic locations and scenes.
Subjects	History Cultural Studies Literature Native American Studies Regional Studies
Date	ca. 1785
Related Section	Chapter 3: The Fur Trade
Keywords	fishing colonization birch bark Caribbean Early Modern engraving
Content Type	illustration
Language	English
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Rightsholder	John Carter Brown LIbrary, Brown University
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Credit Line	Courtesy of the John Carter Brown Library, Brown University.
Holding Contact	John Carter Brown Library, Brown University

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