Exploring the Early Americas
The Jay I. Kislak Collection
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Early Illustrations of Florida
From 1590 on, Theodor de Bry and his sons produced some of the earliest and most influential illustrations of the peoples of the New World. His drawings for Florida were copied and continued to be reproduced through the eighteenth century.