Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Lamentin
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Accession number:
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09905
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Record number:
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09905-5
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JCB call number:
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E722 L114n
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Image title:
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Lamentin
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[Pierre-François Giffart]
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Image date:
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[1722]
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 2, following p. 200
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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12.9 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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6.7 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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16.9 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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9.3 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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French
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Description:
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Female manatee with one of its young.
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Source creator:
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Labat, Jean Baptiste, 1663-1738
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Source Title:
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Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amerique, ...
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Source place of publication:
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A Paris
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Source publisher:
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Rue S. Jacques, chez Pierre-François Giffart, près la ruë des Mathurins, à l'Image Sainte Therese
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Source date:
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M. DCC. XXII. [1722]
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notes:
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Labat was a Dominican missionary and is supposed to have illustrated this book himself. Labat notes that the manatee had become rare as the coasts had become populated and compared the meat of the young manatee to veal.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1890.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Commentary:
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geographic area:
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Caribbean Islands
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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West Indian Manatee
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