Accession number:
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34066
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Record number:
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34066-3
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JCB call number:
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B748 U41r vol. 3/1-SIZE (copy 1)
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Image title:
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[Animals of Peru]
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Creator 1:
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Moreno
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Creator 1 role:
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Sculp
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Place image published:
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[Madrid]
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Image publisher:
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[Antonio Marin]
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Image date:
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[1748]
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Image function:
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illustration; p. [249]
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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9.9 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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16.7 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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27.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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19.1 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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Various animals of South America. Pelican, seals, and a bull are shown. A Chilean is shown in his poncho and another native American is lassoing the bull. Also included are plants which are being harvested and a spear. Items in the image are lettered for identification in key below.
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Source creator:
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Ulloa, Antonio de, 1716-1795
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Source Title:
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Relacion historica del viage a la American meridional ... Segunda parte, Tomo tercero
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Source place of publication:
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En Madrid
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Source publisher:
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Por Antonio Marin
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Source date:
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M.DCC.XLVIII [1748]
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notes:
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This image is from an account of the expedition sent by the Académie Royale des Sciences in 1735 to measure a degree of the meridian at the equator.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1870.
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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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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Scientific expeditions--South America
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