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Author Harvey, Miles.

Title Painter in a savage land : the strange saga of the first European artist in North America / Miles Harvey.

Publication Info. New York : Random House, [2008]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  759.4 HAR    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  759.1 HAR    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  759.4 HARVEY    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xx, 338 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-322) and index.
Summary 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.
Subject Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, 1533?-1588.
Botanical artists -- France -- Biography.
French -- North America -- Biography.
Colonists -- North America -- Biography.
Plants -- Florida -- History -- 16th century.
Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, 1533?-1588 -- Relations with Indians.
Timucua Indians -- Florida -- History -- 16th century.
Florida -- History -- Huguenot colony, 1562-1565.
Spaniards -- Florida -- History -- 16th century.
Florida -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 16th century.
ISBN 9781400061204 alkaline paper
1400061202 alkaline paper
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