Pomeiok Village, 1588

The Tovvne of Pomeiooc. Theodor de Bry's engraving of the American Indian town of Pomeiooc, published in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia. In the center of the image stands Pomeiooc, which consists of several buildings surrounded by a circular palisade. In the middle of the town is a fire around which numerous people are sitting, kneeling, and standing. In the bottom left corner two footpaths lead away from the town. Outside the palisade in the upper left corner is a field of what appears to be corn

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1588 Briefe Enhancement Hariot Palisade Theodor

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