Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: palmier
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Accession number:
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04684
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Record number:
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04684-54
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JCB call number:
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Codex Fr 1
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Image title:
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palmier
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Place image published:
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[France?]
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Image date:
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[1602?]
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Image function:
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illustration; recto leaf 30
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Technique:
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painting, manuscript
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Image dimension height:
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12.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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12.8 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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30.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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20.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink, watercolor
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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French
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Description:
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Palm tree with enlarged palm and fruit.
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Source creator:
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Champlain, Samuel de
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Source Title:
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Brief discours des choses plus remarquables que Samuel Champlain de Brouage á reconneues aux Indes occidentales
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Source place of publication:
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[France?]
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Source date:
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[1602?]
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notes:
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The text describes the coconut fruit and its uses in Mexico. The manuscript, attributed to Champlain, describes his voyage sailing with a Spanish fleet to the Caribbean in 1599 to 1600.
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Time Period:
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1601-1650
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References:
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Wilmere, A. Narrative of a voyage to the West Indies, p. 30-31
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1884.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Mexico
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