Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Title page]
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Accession number:
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01808
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Record number:
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01808-2
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JCB call number:
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B601 H564h 1-SIZE vol. 8 (copy 1)
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Image title:
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[Title page]
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Place image published:
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[Madrid]
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Image publisher:
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[Juan de la Cuesta]
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Image date:
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[1615]
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Image function:
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title page
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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24.4 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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15.6 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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28 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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19.6 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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Title page with four portrait medallions--Pedro de la Gasca, Gabriel de Rojas, Diogo Centeno, General Pedro Alonso de Hinojosa. Includes scenes of battle in Pocona, Panama, Guarina (or Huarina), Chuquinga (Peru), and Xaquixaguana (Jaquijaguana, Chile). Includes fortifications, cannons, horse, dogs, and ships.In the center is the Spanish royal coat of arms (of Castile and Leon).
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Source creator:
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Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625
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Source Title:
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Historia general de los hechos de los Castellano en las Islas y tierra firme del mar oceano ... Decada octava
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Source place of publication:
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Madrid
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Source publisher:
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Por Iuan de la Cuesta
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Source date:
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M.DC.XV. [1615]
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notes:
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The four men were involved in the civil wars in Peru during the middle of the sixteenth century. Sent from Panama to Peru, the conquistadors aided in the restoration of authority to Spain.
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Time Period:
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1601-1650
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1845.
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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 headings:
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Peru--History-- Conquest, 1522-1548
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