COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
06128
Record number:
06128-3
JCB call number:
D778 C257t
Image title:
The falls of St. Anthony in the River Mississippi, near 2400 Miles from its entrance into the Gulf of Mexico
Creator 1:
Jonathan Carver
Creator 1 dates:
1710-1780
Creator 1 role:
Survey'd by
Creator 2:
M. A. Rooker
Creator 2 role:
sculpt.
Place image published:
[London]
Image publisher:
J. Carver
Image date:
1778
Image function:
plate; following p. 68
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
10 cm.
Image dimension width:
17.4 cm.
Page dimension height:
23.2 cm.
Page dimension width:
13.7 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
View of St. Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River. Two native Americans portage a canoe. Built environment includes dwellings or teepees.
Source creator:
Carver, Jonathan, 1710-1780
Source Title:
Travels through the interior parts of North-America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
printed for the author; and sold by J. Walter, at Charing-cross, and S. Crowder, in Paternoster Row
Source date:
M DCC LXXVIII [1778]
notes:
Named by Louis Hennepin in 1680, St. Anthony Falls at present-day Minneapolis is the only significant waterfall on the Mississippi River, although, through a series of entrepeneurial ventures, it is substantially changed from its original condition. Carver was the first Englishman to undertake an exploration of the west. His purpose was to map the land, to befriend the native Americans, and to discover the Northwest passage. His journey began in 1766 and, in some ways, was the precursor of the Lewis and Clark expedition; his book was the first popular American travel book. Image is placed horizontally on page. Also attributed tentatively to John Coakley Lettsom, known to be involved with the work at least in the capacity of editor.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1871.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
North America
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Saint Anthony Falls (Minn.)
Subject headings:
Waterfalls--Minnesota
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