COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
04684
accession_no
04684
Accession number
false
Record number:
04684-15
record_number
04684-15
Record number
false
JCB call number:
Codex Fr 1
jcb_call_no
Codex Fr 1
JCB call number
false
Image title:
larbre apelle sombrade
image_title
larbre apelle sombrade
Image title
false
Place image published:
[France?]
place_image_published
[France?]
Place image published
false
Image date:
[1602?]
image_date
[1602?]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; verso leaf 10
image_function
illustration; verso leaf 10
Image function
false
Technique:
painting, manuscript
technique
painting, manuscript
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
14.9 cm.
image_dimensions_height
14.9 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
15 cm.
image_dimensions_width
15 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
30.1 cm.
page_dimensions_height
30.1 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
20.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
20.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink, watercolor
materials_medium
ink, watercolor
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
French
languages
French
Languages
false
Description:
Strangler fig tree.
description
Strangler fig tree.
Description
false
Source creator:
Champlain, Samuel de
source_creator
Champlain, Samuel de
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Brief discours des choses plus remarquables que Samuel Champlain de Brouage á reconneues aux Indes occidentales
source_title
Brief discours des choses plus remarquables que Samuel Champlain de Brouage á reconneues aux Indes occidentales
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
[France?]
source_place_of_publication
[France?]
Source place of publication
false
Source date:
[1602?]
source_date
[1602?]
Source date
false
notes:
Text describes a tree in Puerto Rico, whose name comes from the Spanish for leafy shade, which grows from the branches falling to the ground and taking root. The strangler fig, Ficus destruens, begins life as an epiphyte in the branches of a host tree. It sends out roots that root in the soil beneath the host and begin to grow around the trunk of the host tree which eventually dies. The manuscript, attributed to Champlain, describes his voyage sailing with a Spanish fleet to the Caribbean in 1599 to 1600.
notes
Text describes a tree in Puerto Rico, whose name comes from the Spanish for leafy shade, which grows from the branches falling to the ground and taking root. The strangler fig, Ficus destruens, begins life as an epiphyte in the branches of a host tree. It sends out roots that root in the soil beneath the host and begin to grow around the trunk of the host tree which eventually dies. The manuscript, attributed to Champlain, describes his voyage sailing with a Spanish fleet to the Caribbean in 1599 to 1600.
notes
false
Time Period:
1601-1650
time_period
1601-1650
Time Period
false
References:
Wilmere, A. Narrative of a voyage to the West Indies, p. 11
references_
Wilmere, A. Narrative of a voyage to the West Indies, p. 11
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1884.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1884.
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:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Caribbean area
subject_heads
Natural history--Caribbean area
Subject headings
false