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Johann Theodore de Bry, after Georg Keller, The Abduction of Pocahontas. In de Bry’s America, Part 10 (1618) (translation of Hamor’s A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia. [1615]). Keller invented the scenes, drawing on the written narrative. In foreground left, Iopassus and his wife trick Pocahontas (center) into visiting Captain Samuel Argall’s ship, center right. The Indian village in the background was burned in 1614 during the negotiations for Pocahontas’ return. Image Courtesy Of Virginia Historical Society