Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Tree]
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Accession number:
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01776
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Record number:
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01776-1
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JCB call number:
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B526 F363d / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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[Tree]
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Place image published:
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[Toledo]
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Image publisher:
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[Remon de Petras]
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Image date:
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[1526]
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Image function:
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illustration; leaf xxxix verso
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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15.9 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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29.6 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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20.1 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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Spanish
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Description:
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Tree.
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Source creator:
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Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, 1478-1557
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Source Title:
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[Sumario de la natural y general istoria de las Indias] Ouiedo Dela natural hystoria delas Indias
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Source place of publication:
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[Toledo]
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Source publisher:
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se imprimio a costas del autor Go[n]çalo Ferna[n]dez de Ouiedo al[ia]s e Valdes. Por industria de maestre Remo[n] de Petras
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Source date:
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M.D. xxvj [1526]
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notes:
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Text describes a big tree which may be the kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra.
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
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References:
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Stoudemire, S. A. ed. Natural history of the West Indies, p. 92-94
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1854.
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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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Natural history--Pre-Linnean works--Caribbean area
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