COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
04684
Record number:
04684-35
JCB call number:
Codex Fr 1
Image title:
le canal de la sonde
Place image published:
[France?]
Image date:
[1602?]
Image function:
illustration; verso leaf 20
Technique:
painting, manuscript
Image dimension height:
20.1 cm.
Image dimension width:
14.2 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 seven unidentified islands. Includes indications of sea banks or shoals, scale, and compass rose.
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 text describes the six or seven small islands known as the Caymans which are south of Cuba and are distinguished by the dangerous shoals to be found among them. "La Sonde," or the Sound of Mexico, is described as a very dangerous place with only a narrow passage through which ships may pass. 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. 18-19
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 headings:
Caribbean area--Maps
le canal de la sonde
