COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
98-75
accession_no
98-75
Accession number
false
Record number:
98-75-7
record_number
98-75-7
Record number
false
JCB call number:
H790 C351s
jcb_call_no
H790 C351s
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Il Zucchero
image_title
Il Zucchero
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Benedetto Bordiga
creator1
Benedetto Bordiga
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1768-1847
creator1_dates
1768-1847
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
inc.
creator1_role
inc.
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
[Milan]
place_image_published
[Milan]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Giuseppe Marelli]
image_publisher
[Giuseppe Marelli]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1791]
image_date
[1791]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; following p. 150
image_function
plate; following p. 150
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
17.8 cm.
image_dimensions_height
17.8 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
11.4 cm.
image_dimensions_width
11.4 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
24.7 cm.
page_dimensions_height
24.7 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
17.8 cm.
page_dimensions_width
17.8 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Italian
languages
Italian
Languages
false
Description:
Part of the sugar cane showing flowers, leaves, sett, and canes. Items in the image are lettered for identification in adjoining text.
description
Part of the sugar cane showing flowers, leaves, sett, and canes. Items in the image are lettered for identification in adjoining text.
Description
false
Source creator:
Castiglioni, Luigi, 1757-1832
source_creator
Castiglioni, Luigi, 1757-1832
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Storia delle piante forestiere le più importanti nell'uso medico, od economico ... Tomo I
source_title
Storia delle piante forestiere le più importanti nell'uso medico, od economico ... Tomo I
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Milano [Milan]
source_place_of_publication
Milano [Milan]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Nella Stamperia di Giuseppe Marelli
source_publisher
Nella Stamperia di Giuseppe Marelli
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1791
source_date
1791
Source date
false
notes:
Sugar cane is a genus of tropical grasses, originally native to southeast Asia and first brought to the Caribbean by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage in 1493. Text describes these grasses as being raised in New Spain, the Caribbean, and Brazil. The scientific names of the species include Saccharum officinarum, S. spontaneum, S. barberi and S. sinense.
notes
Sugar cane is a genus of tropical grasses, originally native to southeast Asia and first brought to the Caribbean by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage in 1493. Text describes these grasses as being raised in New Spain, the Caribbean, and Brazil. The scientific names of the species include Saccharum officinarum, S. spontaneum, S. barberi and S. sinense.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
http://www.hort.pur… (May 2003)
references_
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Saccharum_officinarum.html (May 2003)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1998.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1998.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
Commentary:
commentary
<a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a>
Commentary
false
geographic area:
Brazil
geographic_areas
Brazil
geographic area
false
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Caribbean area
subject_heads
Natural history--Caribbean area
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--South America
subject_heads
Natural history--South America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Sugar
subject_heads
Sugar
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Sugarcane
subject_heads
Sugarcane
Subject headings
false