Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Insula hyspana.
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Accession number:
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0229
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Record number:
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0229-6
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JCB call number:
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H494 V476i
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Image title:
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Insula hyspana.
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Place image published:
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[Basel]
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Image publisher:
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[Johann Bergname de Olpel]
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Image date:
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1494
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Image function:
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illustration; verso leaf [33]
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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11.2 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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7.4 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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20.6 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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14.8 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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Latin
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Description:
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View of the island discovered by Columbus. Built environment includes a fortified settlement where a man is using a crane to lift stones.
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Source creator:
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Verardi, Carlo, 1440-1500
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Source Title:
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[Historia Baetica] In laudem serenissimi Ferdinandi Hispania[rum] regis, Bethicae [et] regni Granatae
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Source place of publication:
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Basel
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Source publisher:
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I[ohann] B[ergmann de Olpel]
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Source date:
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1494
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notes:
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This woodcut is the same as the one in Christopher Columbus, De insulis inventis, [Basel, 1493].
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1846.
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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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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Caribbean Area--Colonization
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