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Title |
Native American Village of Pomeiooc |
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Title Note |
Title supplied by repository. |
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Alternative Title |
XIX. The Tovvne of Pomeiooc [Caption accompanying this engraving in the English translation of this text.] |
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Creator |
Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598. |
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Contributor |
White, John, fl. 1585-1593. |
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Date |
1590 |
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Creation Date |
1590 |
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Description |
This image depicts the village of Pomeiooc. There are several buildings in the village, which is surrounded by a circular fence of tall wooden posts. Many of the villagers are depicted in the center of the clearing around a large fire. Note: These DeBry engravings do not accurately reflect the inhabitants of North Carolina in the late sixteenth century nor are they accurate reproductions of John White’s drawings. The colorist for this volume has contributed to the distortion of the original images by adding a pale skin tone and blonde hair to some of the people and decorating much of the vegetation in colors that are unlike anything that occurs naturally in this part of the world. |
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Subject |
Indians of North America
Cityscapes
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Subject Name |
Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598.
White, John, fl. 1585-1593. |
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Subject Topical |
Indians of North America--North Carolina.
Roanoke Colony. |
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Location |
Roanoke Island (N.C.); Outer Banks (N.C.); Great Britain -- Colonies |
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Geographic Location |
Roanoke Island, North Carolina, United States |
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Notes |
In the English translation of this text, Thomas Hariot describes this image: "XIX. The Tovvne of Pomeiooc. THe townes of this contrie are in a maner like vnto those which are in Florida, yet are they not soe stronge nor yet preserued with soe great care. They are compassed abowt with poles starcke faste in the grownd, but they are not verye stronge. The entrance is verye narrowe as may be seene by this picture, which is made accordinge to the forme of the towne of Pomeiooc. There are but few howses therin, saue those which belonge to the kinge and his nobles. On the one side is their tempel separated from the other howses, and marked with the letter A. yt is builded rownde, and couered with skynne matts, and as yt wear compassed abowt. With cortynes without windowes, and hath noe ligthe but by the doore. On the other side is the kings lodginge marked with the letter B. Their dwellinges are builded with certaine potes fastened together, and couered with matts which they turne op as high as they thinke good, and soe receue in the lighte and other. Some are also couered with boughes of trees, as euery man lusteth or liketh best. They keepe their feasts and make good cheer together in the midds of the towne as yt is described in they 17. Figure. When the towne standeth fare from the water they digg a great poude noted with the letter C. wherhence they fetche as muche water as they neede." Source: Thomas Hariot, "A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia." Frankfort: Theodore De Bry, 1590. |
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Original Form |
Books |
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Resource Type |
Image |
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Physical Description of Original |
29.5 cm H x 23 cm W |
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Medium of Original |
Paper |
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Collection in Repository |
North Carolina Collection |
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Is Part Of |
[America. pt. 1. German] Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ... Erstlich in engelländischer Sprach beschrieben durch Thomam Hariot, vnd newlich durch Christ. P. in Teutsch gebracht. Franckfort am Mayn, Gedruckt bey J. Wechel, in Verlegung D. Bry, 1590. North Carolina Collection call number FVCC970.1 H28w. |
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Digital Collection |
DeBry Engravings |
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Repository |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection. |
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Host |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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\ncc\debry\ |
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Local Identifier |
FVCC970.1 H28w |
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Citation |
In "Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden in Virginia . . ." [America, pt. 1, German], Frankfort: Theodore De Bry, 1590, p. 81. North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Related Resource |
The full text of Thomas Hariot's "A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia" is available online through Documenting the American South at http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/hariot/menu.html |
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Copyright |
Public Domain |
