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:
08922
accession_no
08922
Accession number
false
Record number:
08922-1
record_number
08922-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
J590 B915v GVL3.1a / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
J590 B915v GVL3.1a / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Title page]
image_title
[Title page]
Image title
false
Place image published:
Franckfurt am Mayn [Frankfurt am Main]
place_image_published
Franckfurt am Mayn [Frankfurt am Main]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
Theodori de Bry
image_publisher
Theodori de Bry
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1593
image_date
1593
Image date
false
Image function:
engraved title page
image_function
engraved title page
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
technique
engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
30.8 cm.
image_dimensions_height
30.8 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
20.7 cm.
image_dimensions_width
20.7 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
35.4 cm.
page_dimensions_height
35.4 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
23.8 cm.
page_dimensions_width
23.8 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink, colors
materials_medium
ink, colors
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Inscription:
1624 [under date 1593 and at bottom of page]
inscription
1624 [under date 1593 and at bottom of page]
Inscription
false
Languages:
German
languages
German
Languages
false
Description:
Title is framed by an aedicula on which native Americans, man, woman, and child, eat human limbs. At bottom is a scene of cannibalism with limbs cooking over a fire. Two men in attitudes of supplication kneel at top, facing an image of the moon. Cultural artifacts include feathered headdress and ornaments, as well as a war club.
description
Title is framed by an aedicula on which native Americans, man, woman, and child, eat human limbs. At bottom is a scene of cannibalism with limbs cooking over a fire. Two men in attitudes of supplication kneel at top, facing an image of the moon. Cultural artifacts include feathered headdress and ornaments, as well as a war club.
Description
false
Source Title:
[America. Pt. 3. German] Dritte Buch Americae, darinn Brasilia ... aus eigener erfahrun in Teutsch beschrieben
source_title
[America. Pt. 3. German] Dritte Buch Americae, darinn Brasilia ... aus eigener erfahrun in Teutsch beschrieben
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Franckfurt am Mayn [Frankfurt am Main]
source_place_of_publication
Franckfurt am Mayn [Frankfurt am Main]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Theodori de Bry
source_publisher
Theodori de Bry
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1593
source_date
1593
Source date
false
notes:
This volume contains accounts of Staden's two voyages made to Brazil, 1546 to 1548 and 1549 to 1555, and Jean de Léry's voyage to Brazil made from 1555 to 1558. De Bry included in this volume the account of Hans Staden, Wahrhaftige Historia ... in der Newenwelt America gelegen, Marburg, 1557, and Jean de Léry, Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Brésil, La Rochelle, 1578, as well as two letters by Nicolas Barré dated 1552. Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 3. German.
notes
This volume contains accounts of Staden's two voyages made to Brazil, 1546 to 1548 and 1549 to 1555, and Jean de Léry's voyage to Brazil made from 1555 to 1558. De Bry included in this volume the account of Hans Staden, Wahrhaftige Historia ... in der Newenwelt America gelegen, Marburg, 1557, and Jean de Léry, Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Brésil, La Rochelle, 1578, as well as two letters by Nicolas Barré dated 1552. Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 3. German.
notes
false
Time Period:
1492-1600
time_period
1492-1600
Time Period
false
References:
Church, E.D. Discovery, 181
references_
Church, E.D. Discovery, 181
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1865.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1865.
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:
Brazil
geographic_areas
Brazil
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Brazil--History--1548-1580
subject_heads
Brazil--History--1548-1580
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Cannibalism--Brazil
subject_heads
Cannibalism--Brazil
Subject headings
false