The “First Encounters: Chief Saturiba and Florida’s Timucua People” exhibition opened Wednesday night at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens. Touted as the earliest comprehensive set of visual images of Native Americans in Florida, the display showcased documents, maps, engravings and prints made from watercolors printed in 1564.
The collection is based largely on the private collection of attorney Michael Fisher of Fisher, Tousey, Leas & Ball, and his wife Linda, a FCCJ humanities professor.
“Collecting early new world maps and images has given us a lot of pleasure,” said Michael Fisher.
The exhibition runs through May 26.