Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Brasil
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Accession number:
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1297
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Record number:
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1297-7
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JCB call number:
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H550 R184n / 1-SIZE (copy 2)
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Image title:
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Brasil
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Place image published:
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[Venice]
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Image publisher:
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[Giunti]
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Image date:
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[1556]
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 3, p. 427 & 428
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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27.4 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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38.1 cm. [both pages]
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Page dimension height:
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29.7 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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41 cm. [both pages]
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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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Languages:
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Italian
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Description:
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Map of the eastern part of Brazil from the Amazon River (here named Marañon) at north to the Rio de la Plata at south. Decorative elements include scenes of native American life, hunting, sleeping, building, and greeting Europeans. Also includes bows, llamas, monkeys, birds or parrots, hammocks, sea monsters or fish, ships, turtle, dwellings, and hatchets.
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Source creator:
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Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485-1557
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Source Title:
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[Navigazioni e viaggi. Volume 3] Terzo volume delle navigationi et viaggi
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Source place of publication:
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In Venetia [Venice]
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Source publisher:
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Nella Stamperia de Giunti
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Source date:
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M D LVI [1556]
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notes:
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The wood blocks used to create this edition of Ramusio's Navigationi et viaggi were destroyed in a fire in 1557. Later editions were made from new wood blocks.
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1962.
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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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geographic area:
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Brazil
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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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Brazil--Maps
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