Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Le Débarquement des François, pour l'etablissement de la nouvelle colonie, dans le port de la nouvelle Cayenne ou la France Equinoxialle.
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Accession number:
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97-72
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Record number:
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97-72
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JCB call number:
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Fr785 D286
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Image title:
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Le Débarquement des François, pour l'etablissement de la nouvelle colonie, dans le port de la nouvelle Cayenne ou la France Equinoxialle.
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Place image published:
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Paris
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Image publisher:
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Chez Basset rue St. Jacques
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Image date:
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1785?
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Image function:
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print
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Technique:
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engraving, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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26.3 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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41.1 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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33.3 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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49.3 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink, colors
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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French
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Description:
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Landing of a group of Europeans on the idealized shore of Cayenne or French Guiana. Items in the image are numbered for identification in key at bottom. Elements include ships, boats, and casks. Built environment includes caves where native Americans live and dwellings of fishermen.
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notes:
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This drawing, said to have been originally drawn by a Spanish officer in 1762, was intended to attract French settlers to French Guiana. Title, Vue de la Nouvelle Cayenne, is engraved in reverse at top of image.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1997.
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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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Guianas
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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French Guiana--Description and travel
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