Theodor de Bry (1528–1598).
Admiranda narratio, fida tamen: de commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae.
Frankfurt: Ioannis Wecheli, 1590.
Latin translation by Charles de L’Écluse of Thomas Hariot’s Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia.
Jay I. Kislak Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (113)
Ill-fated Roanoke Colony
For his volume on Virginia, Theodor de Bry, the famous engraver, chose drawings by Captain John White and a narrative written by Thomas Hariot. White was part of the ill-fated Roanoke colony that Sir Walter Raleigh had outfitted to claim Virginia for the English. Fortunately, White survived the colony, and De Bry’s engravings made his images known across Europe. White’s Indians, as interpreted by De Bry, are notable for their careful and studied poses.