COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
01523
Record number:
01523-2
JCB call number:
E698 F927rl
Image title:
St. Sebastien Ville Episcopale du Bresil.
Place image published:
[Paris]
Image publisher:
[Michel Brunet]
Image date:
[1698]
Image function:
fold-out plate; following p. 72
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
11.3 cm.
Image dimension width:
35.4 cm.
Page dimension height:
13.3 cm.
Page dimension width:
35.4 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
French
Description:
View of the town and harbor of St. Sebastien, present-day Rio de Janeiro. Built environment includes churches, dwellings, monastery, fortifications, and ships. Items in the image are lettered for identification in keys at top.
Source creator:
Froger, François, b. 1676
Source Title:
Relation d'un voyage fait en 1695. 1696. & 1697
Source place of publication:
A Paris
Source publisher:
dans l'Isle du Palais, sur le Quay de l'Horloge, à la Sphere Royale et chez Michel Brunet, dans la grande salle du Palais, au Mercure galant
Source date:
M.DC.XCVIII. [1698]
notes:
São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro was founded in 1567 by Estácio de Sá, a relative of the governor-general of the Portuguese colony of Brazil.
Time Period:
1651-1700
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1847.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Brazil
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings:
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Description and travel
St. Sebastien Ville Episcopale du Bresil.
