COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
12823
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12823
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Record number:
12823-1
record_number
12823-1
Record number
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JCB call number:
E769 P452j vol. 2
jcb_call_no
E769 P452j vol. 2
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Patagonian giant family]
image_title
[Patagonian giant family]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Berlin]
place_image_published
[Berlin]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Etienne de Bourdeaux]
image_publisher
[Etienne de Bourdeaux]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1769]
image_date
[1769]
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate XVI; at end
image_function
fold-out plate XVI; at end
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
16.2 cm.
image_dimensions_height
16.2 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
17.6 cm.
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17.6 cm.
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false
Page dimension height:
18.2 cm.
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18.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
20 cm.
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20 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
Materials medium
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Description:
Native American man, woman, and child trade with European. Also includes horse, dog, ship, belts being traded. The giant man carries a boleadora.
description
Native American man, woman, and child trade with European. Also includes horse, dog, ship, belts being traded. The giant man carries a boleadora.
Description
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Source creator:
Pernety, Antoine-Joseph, 1716-1801
source_creator
Pernety, Antoine-Joseph, 1716-1801
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Journal historique d'un voyage fait aux iles Malouïnes en 1763 & 1764 ... Tome II
source_title
Journal historique d'un voyage fait aux iles Malouïnes en 1763 & 1764 ... Tome II
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Berlin
source_place_of_publication
A Berlin
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false
Source publisher:
Chez Etienne de Bourdeaux, Libraire du Roy & de la Cour
source_publisher
Chez Etienne de Bourdeaux, Libraire du Roy & de la Cour
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false
Source date:
M DCC LXIX [1769]
source_date
M DCC LXIX [1769]
Source date
false
notes:
In 1766, Commodore John Byron returned to London after circumnavigating the world. Word soon leaked out that the crew had discovered nine-foot tall Patagonian giants. Earlier explorers had also reported a race of giants in Patagonia. As early the 1520s, Antonio Pigafetta had written of giants living in South America. Magellan, with whom Pigafetta sailed, gave the giants the name "Patagons" because of their big feet, thus naming the southern tip of South America. Boleadoras were tools used by indigenous peoples of the Argentinian Pampas to hunt. A boleadora consisted of two stones bound by a leather cord which were thrown and then used to trip an animal. The gauchos, or cowboys, of Argentina later would refine this tool and make it their own.
notes
In 1766, Commodore John Byron returned to London after circumnavigating the world. Word soon leaked out that the crew had discovered nine-foot tall Patagonian giants. Earlier explorers had also reported a race of giants in Patagonia. As early the 1520s, Antonio Pigafetta had written of giants living in South America. Magellan, with whom Pigafetta sailed, gave the giants the name "Patagons" because of their big feet, thus naming the southern tip of South America. Boleadoras were tools used by indigenous peoples of the Argentinian Pampas to hunt. A boleadora consisted of two stones bound by a leather cord which were thrown and then used to trip an animal. The gauchos, or cowboys, of Argentina later would refine this tool and make it their own.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
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Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1920.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1920.
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
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Commentary:
commentary
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Commentary
false
geographic area:
Spanish America
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Spanish America
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false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Indians of South America--Chile
subject_heads
Indians of South America--Chile
Subject headings
false