[1594,] Theodore de Bry’s engraving of Vasco Nunez Balboa Presiding over the Massacre of Sodomites B/W

Vasco Nunez Balboa, and his men are executing a number of Central American Indian sodomites, by siccing Spanish Bulldogs on them. In his brief mention of this incident, Gómara notes: “Balboa set his dogs on fifty putos he found there and then burned them, first knowing of their abominable and filthy sin.” Image and quote found on the University of Colorado’s website.