Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Plants and trees of Brazil]
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Accession number:
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08792
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Record number:
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08792-16
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JCB call number:
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D704 C563c / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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[Plants and trees of Brazil]
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[Awnsham and John Churchill]
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Image date:
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[1704]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate; vol. 2, following p. 138
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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29.2 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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35.7 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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31.6 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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39.7 cm.
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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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English
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Description:
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Plants and trees of Brazil including sugar cane, cashew tree, papaya tree, indigo plant, and branch of chili pepper plant. Includes the fruits of the cashew, papaya, and a detail of the sugar cane. Also includes an illustration of a potato [?].
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Source Title:
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A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts. ... Vol. II.
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater-noster-Row.
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Source date:
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MDCCIV [1704]
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notes:
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This illustrates Johannes Nieuhof, Voyages and travels, into Brasil.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1870.
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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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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Brazil
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