Native Americans cooking. Copy of a 16th-century artwork of Algonquian people cooking fish over a wood fire on Roanoke Island on the coast of North Carolina, USA. Four corner stakes enclose the fire, and support a simple grill with four fish being cooked. The man at left is holding a forked stick, while the man at right is carrying a basket of fish on his back. This coloured version of a 1590 engraving by Theodor de Bry was published in 'Travels through Virginia' (1618) by William Strachey. The original was a watercolour by John White who visited the area in 1585. White's artworks are amongst the earliest surviving images of North America.