Protestantism: French, English, Dutch
In 1500s, French Huguenot settlers on lower Atlantic coast flee Catholic persecution in France
Portrayed the New World and its natives as welcoming, e.g. Pohl fig 1.57 de LaudonniËre and the Indian Chief
English and Dutch Protestants also begin settling Atlantic coasts north of Florida in 1500-1700s, the Dutch to escape Catholic rule in Spanish Netherlands, the English especially after collapse of Protestant regime and Restoration of Charles II in England
Early depictions of coastal life & peoples accurate, on-the-spot (e.g. Pohl figs 1.58-1.60); later interpreted by artists looking to encourage Protestant settlement (e.g. Pohl fig. 1.61)