Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Title page]
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Accession number:
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10772
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Record number:
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10772-2
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JCB call number:
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B601 H564h 1-SIZE vol. 2 (copy 2)
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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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[en la emplenta Real]
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Image date:
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[1601]
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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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25.6 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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16.1 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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29.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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19.7 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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Inscription:
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u.l.: Bilbliothecae Colbertinae
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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--Diego Velasquez de Cuellar; Basco Nuñes de Xeres de Badajoz [Vasco Nuñez de Balboa], discoverer of the Pacific Ocean; Juan de Grijalva de Cuellar, explorer of the Yucatan; and Juan Ponce de Leon, discoverer of Florida. Includes scenes of the discovery of Santiago de Cuba, Balboa's claiming possession of the Pacific Ocean, Grijalva's battle with native Americans and Ponce de Leon conquering Florida. Also includes scenes of native American warfare, scene of human sacrifice, and cultural artifacts such as bows, arrows, shields, clubs, crossbows, headdress, Montezuma (or Moctezuma) carried on a litter, one of the idols of the native Mexicans, and view of Puerto de Perico [Isla Perico] in Panama, as well as a view of Santa Maria de la Antigua del Darien on the Panama coast. 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 segunda
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Source place of publication:
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[Madrid]
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Source publisher:
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[en la emplenta Real]
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Source date:
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[1601]
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notes:
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Velasquez, who became governor of Cuba, founded the cities of Santiago de Cuba and Havana. Santa Maria de la Antigua del Darien, founded by Balboa, was the first European settlement in South America.The ritual battles between Aztec and Tlaxcaltecan warriors were called "flowery or flowered wars." The soldier's weapons and uniforms are here accurately detailed.
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Time Period:
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1601-1650
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References exhibitions:
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Delgado-Gomez, A. Spanish Historical Writings about the New World, Fig. 10 & 11 (detail)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1915.
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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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Indigenous peoples
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Subject Area:
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Portraits
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Subject headings:
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Panama--History--To 1903
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Subject headings:
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Indians of South America
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Subject headings:
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Mexico--History--Conquest, 1517-1540
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