COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
mediaCollectionId
JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
0368
accession_no
0368
Accession number
false
Record number:
0368-1
record_number
0368-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
B629 L579e [R]
jcb_call_no
B629 L579e [R]
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Title page]
image_title
[Title page]
Image title
false
Creator 1:
I. de Courbes
creator1
I. de Courbes
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
F[ecit]
creator1_role
F[ecit]
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
Madrid
place_image_published
Madrid
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
Por Iuan Gonzalez
image_publisher
Por Iuan Gonzalez
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1629
image_date
1629
Image date
false
Image function:
title page
image_function
title page
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
17.5 cm.
image_dimensions_height
17.5 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
12.3 cm.
image_dimensions_width
12.3 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
20.4 cm.
page_dimensions_height
20.4 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
14.1 cm.
page_dimensions_width
14.1 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Spanish, Latin
languages
Spanish, Latin
Languages
false
Description:
Title page with title flanked by allegorical female figures representing the west (shown as a native American wearing a feathered headdress holding a bow and arrow and standing on an alligator) and the east (shown wearing a turban, holding a scimitar or sword and cornucopia, and standing next to an elephant). Above their heads are books representing Spanish possessions and (over the figure for the east) the astrological symbol for Virgo with an image of a woman holding a sheaf of grain and (over the figure for the west) the symbol for Cancer with a lobster or crab. Decorative elements also include royal coat of arms of Spain [Leon] surrounded by the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece and [Medina?] coat of arms, navigational instruments such as an astrolabe, armillary sphere, and globe, personifications of geography and navigation accompanied by the names of important geographers and navigators.
description
Title page with title flanked by allegorical female figures representing the west (shown as a native American wearing a feathered headdress holding a bow and arrow and standing on an alligator) and the east (shown wearing a turban, holding a scimitar or sword and cornucopia, and standing next to an elephant). Above their heads are books representing Spanish possessions and (over the figure for the east) the astrological symbol for Virgo with an image of a woman holding a sheaf of grain and (over the figure for the west) the symbol for Cancer with a lobster or crab. Decorative elements also include royal coat of arms of Spain [Leon] surrounded by the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece and [Medina?] coat of arms, navigational instruments such as an astrolabe, armillary sphere, and globe, personifications of geography and navigation accompanied by the names of important geographers and navigators.
Description
false
Source creator:
León Pinelo, Antonio de, 1590 or 91-1660
source_creator
León Pinelo, Antonio de, 1590 or 91-1660
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Epitome de la biblioteca oriental i occidental, nautica i geografica ...
source_title
Epitome de la biblioteca oriental i occidental, nautica i geografica ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
En Madrid
source_place_of_publication
En Madrid
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Por Iuan Gonzalez
source_publisher
Por Iuan Gonzalez
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M. DC. XXIX [1629]
source_date
M. DC. XXIX [1629]
Source date
false
notes:
Leon Pinelo, a Peruvian historian, is known for his compilation of the ordinances and decrees issued relating to South America and a bibliography of printed or manuscript works relating to South America.
notes
Leon Pinelo, a Peruvian historian, is known for his compilation of the ordinances and decrees issued relating to South America and a bibliography of printed or manuscript works relating to South America.
notes
false
Time Period:
1601-1650
time_period
1601-1650
Time Period
false
Visual categories:
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
visual_categories
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
Visual categories
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1846.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1846.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
Commentary:
commentary
<a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a>
Commentary
false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Emblems--America
subject_heads
Emblems--America
Subject headings
false