'The idol Kivvasa (Kiwasa)'. The idol is four feet high, and kept in the temple of the town of Secota, as the guardian of the royal corpses. [America.-Part I.-English.] A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia, of the commodities and of the nature and manners of the naturall inhabitants. Discouered by the English Colony there seated by Sir R. Greinuile In 1585 This fore booke is made in English by Thomas Hariot. Frankfurt, 1590. Source: C.38.i.18, plate 21 page 30. Language: English.

'The idol Kivvasa (Kiwasa)'. The idol is four feet high, and kept in the temple of the town of Secota, as the guardian of the royal corpses. [America.-Part I.-English.] A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia, of the commodities and of the nature and manners of the naturall inhabitants. Discouered by the English Colony there seated by Sir R. Greinuile In 1585 This fore booke is made in English by Thomas Hariot. Frankfurt, 1590. Source: C.38.i.18, plate 21 page 30. Language: English. Stock Photo
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