Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Aquapolgue
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Accession number:
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11688
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Record number:
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11688-4
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JCB call number:
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F619 S756o1 oblong
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Image title:
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Aquapolgue
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Place image published:
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[Leiden]
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Image publisher:
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[Nicolaes van Geelkerchen]
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Image date:
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[1619]
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Image function:
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plate No. 14; following p. 94
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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14.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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21.3 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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17.6 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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24 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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Description:
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View of Acapulco de Juárez showing the welcome given by the inhabitants to Europeans. Includes fish, ships, boats, dwelling, church, fortifications (present-day Fort San Diego), and sheep. Items in the image are lettered for identification in adjacent text.
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Source creator:
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Spilbergen, Joris van, 1568 ?-1620
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Source Title:
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Oost ende West-Indische spiegel: der 2. leste navigatien, ghedaen inden jaerem 1614. 15. 16. 17. ende 18. daer in vertoont woort
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Source place of publication:
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Leyden [Leiden]
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Source publisher:
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By Nicolaes van Geelkerchen
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Source date:
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1619
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notes:
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In 1614 the Dutch East India Company and the States-General commissioned Joris van Spilbergen to sail to the Moluccas via the Strait of Magellan. Six heavily-armed ships and about 700 men left the Netherlands on a voyage to circumnavigate the world; one ship deserted before the Strait was passed. The Dutch were surprisingly given a friendly welcome and supplies by the inhabitants of Acapulco. The fleet then sailed west to the Moluccas which it reached in March 1616.
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Time Period:
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1601-1650
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1918.
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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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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Mexico--Description and travel
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