COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
mediaCollectionId
JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
0379
accession_no
0379
Accession number
false
Record number:
0379-41
record_number
0379-41
Record number
false
JCB call number:
B635 N675h / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
B635 N675h / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Reversus sive gaicanus.
image_title
Reversus sive gaicanus.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Antwerp]
place_image_published
[Antwerp]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Plantin Office (Balthazar Moretus)]
image_publisher
[Plantin Office (Balthazar Moretus)]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1635]
image_date
[1635]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; p. 250
image_function
illustration; p. 250
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
5.5 cm.
image_dimensions_height
5.5 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
7.8 cm.
image_dimensions_width
7.8 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
33.5 cm.
page_dimensions_height
33.5 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
22.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
22.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Latin
languages
Latin
Languages
false
Description:
Eel.
description
Eel.
Description
false
Source creator:
Nieremberg, Juan Eusebio, 1595-1658
source_creator
Nieremberg, Juan Eusebio, 1595-1658
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Ioannis Evsebii Nierembergii Madritensis ex Societate Iesu ... Historia natvrae, maxime peregrinae, libris XVI. distincta
source_title
Ioannis Evsebii Nierembergii Madritensis ex Societate Iesu ... Historia natvrae, maxime peregrinae, libris XVI. distincta
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Antverpiae [Antwerp]
source_place_of_publication
Antverpiae [Antwerp]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti
source_publisher
ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M.DC.XXXV [1635]
source_date
M.DC.XXXV [1635]
Source date
false
notes:
Text discusses Christopher Columbus' sighting of eels, as well as Francisco Herando's description of them. Scientific name: Anguilla rostrata.
notes
Text discusses Christopher Columbus' sighting of eels, as well as Francisco Herando's description of them. Scientific name: Anguilla rostrata.
notes
false
Time Period:
1601-1650
time_period
1601-1650
Time Period
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:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Mexico
subject_heads
Natural history--Mexico
Subject headings
false