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[Indians pouring molten gold into mouth of bound Spaniard; corpse being cut up and eaten in background. Caribbean?]
Summary
Illus. in: Girolamo Benzoni, La Historia del Mondo Nuovo, p. 50 (Venetia, 1572).
Reference copy may be in SSF - CANNIBALISM.
This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Caption card tracings: Indians; Caribbean; Gold.
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Date
1850 - 1950
Source
Library of Congress
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