COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
04684
Record number:
04684-61
JCB call number:
Codex Fr 1
Image title:
[Iguana or lizard]
Place image published:
[France?]
Image date:
[1602?]
Image function:
illustration; verso leaf 33
Technique:
painting, manuscript
Image dimension height:
10.3 cm.
Image dimension width:
11.8 cm.
Page dimension height:
30.1 cm.
Page dimension width:
20.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink, watercolor
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
French
Description:
Iguana or lizard.
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 a type of lizard, probably an iguana, in Mexico as being very large, able to run very fast, and being a delicacy to eat. 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. 33-34
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1884.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
Subject headings:
Natural history--Mexico