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Old woodcut images in opening title sequence

posted 15 years ago by ragemanchoo
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In the opening title sequence there are a number of old woodcut prints, one of them shows human limbs on a grill over a fire. Does anybody know where this image is from? Any specific collection or book?

[–] slipcat555 15 years ago

I think they are probably from Theodore De Bry's book, THE GREAT VOYAGES (LES GRANDS VOYAGES) published around 1600. You can see a lot of his engravings if you google him up. Evidently his representations were not accurate, but they did have a big influence on how Europeans regarded the Indians. The look of the Indians in the movie CABEZA DE VACA was also inspired by De Bry's engravings.

--Jungle Boy
http://www.richardandmimi.com/indigenas.html

[–] ragemanchoo 15 years ago

Thanks :)