Mermaid in St. John's Harbour

This scene depicts three mermaids in St. John's Harbour, interacting with men onshore and on ship. Theodore de Bry (1528-98) was a famous German engraver, best known for his representations of Aboriginal Peoples in the New World featured in Collectiones peregrinationum in Indiam orientalium et...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 1628
Subjects:
Mermaids > Newfoundland and Labrador > St. John's
Newfoundland
Newfoundland studies
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns_images/id/0
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Summary:This scene depicts three mermaids in St. John's Harbour, interacting with men onshore and on ship. Theodore de Bry (1528-98) was a famous German engraver, best known for his representations of Aboriginal Peoples in the New World featured in Collectiones peregrinationum in Indiam orientalium et Indiam occidentalem, also known as Historia Americae (1590-1634).

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