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Capture of Pocahontas

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Image ID

808062


Item data

Title

Capture of Pocahontas

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1601s-1610s

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1879

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-16

Subjects

Decks (Ships)
Pocahontas, d. 1617
United States -- 1600-1699
Argall, Samuel, Sir, approximately 1572-approximately 1626
Algonquian Indians -- Virginia -- 1610-1619
Prisoners -- Virginia -- 1610-1619

Genres

Conjectural Works

Notes

Content: Printed on border: "Virginia under the London Company" "73" Includes additional text
Source Note: History of the United States of America from the discovery to the present time. (New York : Thomas Kelly, c1879) Patton, Jacob Harris , Author. Watson, Henry C. (Henry Clay) (1831-1869), Author.

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Extent: sheet 23 x 14 cm (9 x 5 1/4 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17613286
Barcode: 33333159302278
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 75235480-c52f-012f-d138-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1879

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Capture of Pocahontas" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1879. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/75235480-c52f-012f-d138-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1879). Capture of Pocahontas Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/75235480-c52f-012f-d138-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Capture of Pocahontas" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/75235480-c52f-012f-d138-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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