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German copperplate engraving by Theodor de Bry, ca. 1613, showing native Americans dismembering and

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German copperplate engraving by Theodor de Bry, ca. 1613, showing native Americans dismembering and
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German copperplate engraving by Theodor de Bry, ca. 1613, showing native Americans dismembering and eating Spaniards, including pouring molten gold down into one's mouth, from Grands Voyages, Part IV, hand-colored. Engraving: 7-3/4" x 6-3/8"; Sheet: 8-7/8" x 13-3/8" The Indians of Darien, upon learning of the Spanish thirst for gold, tortured Spaniards by tying their arms and legs and pouring molten gold down their throats. During this, the Indians would taunt them with, "Eat, eat gold, Christians." The Spaniards' arms and legs were then severed and roasted over a fire while the Indians danced. Some took to eating the roasted limbs while most didn't, believing the Spaniards to be so evil that ingesting their remains would harm them. The bones were then hung up as trophies. A nice engraving in between German text with light marginal soiling.