Book “Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae provincia Gallis acciderunt” (A brief narration of those things which befell the French in the province of Florida in America)

This book contains 42 engravings and accompanying narration depicting Florida, the French settlement of La Caroline and the Timucua people. It was one of the first sets of images of the New World widely available to Europeans. The engravings are based on watercolors by Jacques LeMoyne, who was an artist on French expeditions to America in 1562 and 1564. Only one of the original LeMoyne paintings of this series is known to exist today. Due to the exaggerated size of animals and geographic features, the engravings’ origins are brought into question and may actually be based on paintings of South America, adding further to the mysteries surrounding Fort Caroline.