COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
01871
accession_no
01871
Accession number
false
Record number:
01871-14
record_number
01871-14
Record number
false
JCB call number:
F648 P678h / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
F648 P678h / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Guainumbi variae species]
image_title
[Guainumbi variae species]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Leiden & Amsterdam]
place_image_published
[Leiden & Amsterdam]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[François Haack & Louis Elsevier]
image_publisher
[François Haack & Louis Elsevier]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1648]
image_date
[1648]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; p. 196
image_function
illustration; p. 196
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
7.9 cm.
image_dimensions_height
7.9 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
11.8 cm.
image_dimensions_width
11.8 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
40.7 cm.
page_dimensions_height
40.7 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
25.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
25.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Latin
languages
Latin
Languages
false
Description:
Hummingbird on a branch.
description
Hummingbird on a branch.
Description
false
Source creator:
Piso, Willem, 1611-1678
source_creator
Piso, Willem, 1611-1678
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Historia naturalis Brasiliae
source_title
Historia naturalis Brasiliae
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Lugdun. Batavorum & Amstelodami [Leiden & Amsterdam]
source_place_of_publication
Lugdun. Batavorum & Amstelodami [Leiden & Amsterdam]
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false
Source publisher:
Franciscum Hackium & Lud. Elzevirium
source_publisher
Franciscum Hackium & Lud. Elzevirium
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1648
source_date
1648
Source date
false
notes:
Native only to the Americas, hummingbirds were first identified by Oviedo in 1525 who speculated that they were perhaps a cross between an insect and a bird. Hummingbirds are in the Trochilidae family. Image title taken from chapter heading.
notes
Native only to the Americas, hummingbirds were first identified by Oviedo in 1525 who speculated that they were perhaps a cross between an insect and a bird. Hummingbirds are in the Trochilidae family. Image title taken from chapter heading.
notes
false
Time Period:
1601-1650
time_period
1601-1650
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1854.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1854.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Brazil
geographic_areas
Brazil
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Brazil
subject_heads
Natural history--Brazil
Subject headings
false