Juan de la Cosa, mortally wounded in Bahía de Cartagena de Indias by a poisoned arrow: a soldier standing next to him raises his sword while local inhabitants wielding burning arrows burn down huts in the background. Etching by I. Migliavacca after G. Marmocchi, 1842.

  • Marmocchi, Gaetano.
Date:
1842
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43024i
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Juan de la Cosa asks the standing soldier to tell his commander Alonso de Ojeda how he died (Xerez, op. cit.). He had advised Ojeda not to land in Turbaco on account of the use of poisoned arrows by the local inhabitants, which caused his death (Xerez, op. cit. p. LXXXII )

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1842

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 9.5 x 15.3 cm

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Morte di Giovanni de la Cosa Bears number top right : N. 44

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"Incisioni sottoscritte da Gaetano Marmocchi (disegnatore) e Innocenzo Migliavacca (incisore)." (Worldcat)

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Wellcome Collection 43024i

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