Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: The Battel Between the Spaniards and the pyrats or Buccaniers before the citty of Panama.
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Accession number:
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01916
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Record number:
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01916-4
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JCB call number:
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F684 E96bl
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Image title:
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The Battel Between the Spaniards and the pyrats or Buccaniers before the citty of Panama.
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[William Crooke]
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Image date:
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[1684]
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Image function:
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plate; pt. 3, following p. 54
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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17 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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28.1 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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22.8 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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34.9 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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Attack on a city in Panama. At top the town is engulfed in flames. At bottom is a scene of warfare. Built environment includes dwellings, church, fortifications, and ships. Military aspects include guns or muskets, lances or spears, horses, and swords.
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Source creator:
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Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)
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Source Title:
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[Americannse zeerovers. English] Bucaniers of America: or, A true account of the most remarkable assaults committed of late years upon the coasts of the West-Indies
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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 William Crooke, at the Green Dragon without Temple-bar
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Source date:
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1684
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notes:
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Henry Morgan attacked the town of Panama in January 1671. In a daring attack, he captured the town which burned during the seige. Part I of the Bucaniers of America was written by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin.
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Time Period:
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1651-1700
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References:
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Kagan, R.L. Urban Images of the Hispanic World, Fig. 4.11, p. 81
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1854.
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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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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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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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Buccaneers
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Subject headings:
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Pirates
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Subject headings:
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Panama (Panama)--History--Destruction, 1671
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