EditorialA folded map of Virginia. In the top left corner, an illustration showing the chief Powhatan, deciding the fate of his prisoner, Captain Smith. Powhatan refers to the leader of the tribe and the name of the Virginian indian tribes, also known as Algonq...
EditorialDance of the Powhatan Native Americans of Carolina within a circle of totem poles. (Based on Captain White's drawing of the Algonquian dance in Virginia.) Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A. Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes...
EditorialOrnaments of the Native Americans of Virginia (Powhatan) worn in a dance: belts 1,2,3, girdle of Thevetia ahouai kernels 4, bead necklaces 5,6,7, feather headdresses 8,9, apron 10 and shirt 11. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario's ...
EditorialNative American making an offering at a shrine to the Powhatan god Okeus (Okee) in Virginia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1837.
EditorialJoan Blaeu's " Atlas Major", published in Amsterdam in 1662, consists of 593 plates bound in nine to twelve volumes. Volume 12: America. A council of the king of Powhatan, a kingdom of American Indians in Nova Virginia.