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Book

Author

Harvey, Miles, 1960-

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

Imprint

New York : Random House, c2008.

Copies

Location		Call No.	Status
GDL Brand Library Storage		759.4 Le Moyne de Morgues,J HAR	Available

Edition	1st ed.
Description	xx, 338 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [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. Illustrated.
Subject	Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, 1533?-1588.
	Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, d. 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.
ISBN	9781400061204 (alk. paper)
	1400061202 (alk. paper)