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Painter in a savage land : the strange saga of the first European artist in North America
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From the author of the national bestseller "The Island of Lost Maps" comes the fascinating story of the first European artist to paint life among the Indians and colonists in the unbelievably harsh...
From the author of the national bestseller "The Island of Lost Maps" comes the fascinating story of the first European artist to paint life among the Indians and colonists in the unbelievably harsh and hostile New World. Illustrated.
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- Creator
- Miles Harvey
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : Random House, [2008]
- ©2008
- Physical Details
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- xx, 338 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781400061204, 1400061202
- OCLC
- ocn174134006
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-322) and index.
Subjects
- Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, 1533?-1588.
- Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, 1533?-1588 -- Relations with Indians.
- Botanical artists -- France -- Biography.
- French -- North America -- Biography.
- Colonists -- North America -- Biography.
- Plants -- Florida -- History -- 16th century.
- Timucua Indians -- Florida -- History -- 16th century.
- Spaniards -- Florida -- History -- 16th century.
- Florida -- History -- Huguenot colony, 1562-1565.
- Florida -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 16th century.