COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
04684
Record number:
04684-14
JCB call number:
Codex Fr 1
Image title:
St Iovan de Portericot
Place image published:
[France?]
Image date:
[1602?]
Image function:
illustration; recto leaf 10
Technique:
painting, manuscript
Image dimension height:
14.8 cm.
Image dimension width:
18 cm.
Page dimension height:
30.1 cm.
Page dimension width:
20.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink, watercolor
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
French
Description:
Map of the island of Puerto Rico. Decorative elements include native Americans, ships, animals, settlements with dwellings and churches, trees. Also includes indication of sea banks or shoals, compass rose, and scale.
Source creator:
Champlain, Samuel de
Source Title:
Brief discours des choses plus remarquables que Samuel Champlain de Brouage á reconneues aux Indes occidentales
Source place of publication:
[France?]
Source date:
[1602?]
notes:
The manuscript, attributed to Champlain, describes his voyage sailing with a Spanish fleet to the Caribbean in 1599 to 1600.
Time Period:
1601-1650
References:
Wilmere, A. Narrative of a voyage to the West Indies, p. 7-10
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1884.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
San Juan (Puerto Rico)--Maps
St Iovan de Portericot
