Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Map of Canary Islands]
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Accession number:
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04684
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Record number:
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04684-6
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JCB call number:
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Codex Fr 1
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Image title:
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[Map of Canary Islands]
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Place image published:
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[France?]
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Image date:
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[ca. 1602]
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Image function:
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illustration; verso leaf 5
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Technique:
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painting, manuscript
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Image dimension height:
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11.7 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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12.6 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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29.9 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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Map of Canary Islands, including Puerteventura, Lanzarote, Tenerife, Gomera, Gran Canaria, La Palma, Hierro, Madeira, and Porto Santo islands, as well as the coast of Africa. Cartographic elements include degrees of latitude, scale, and compass rose.
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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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[ca. 1602]
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notes:
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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. 6
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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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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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