COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
09887
Record number:
09887-12
JCB call number:
J590 B915v GVL4.1 / 2-SIZE
Image title:
Columbus cum fratre Bartholomaeo captus in Hispaniam mittitur.
Place image published:
[Frankfurt am Main]
Image publisher:
[Johann Feyerabend, Theodor de Bry]
Image date:
[1594]
Image function:
illustration; Plate 13
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
Image dimension height:
16.1 cm.
Image dimension width:
19.7 cm.
Page dimension height:
34.1 cm.
Page dimension width:
23 cm.
Materials medium:
ink, colors
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Columbus and his brother, Bartholomew, are captured in Hispaniola and dismissed from service. Chains are put on Columbus's legs. Includes ships and soldiers with spears.
Source Title:
[America. Pt 4. Latin] Americae pars quarta. Sive, Insignis & admiranda historia de reperta primum occidentali India à Christophoro Columbo anno M. CCCXCII ...
Source place of publication:
Francofurtensi [Frankfurt am Main]
Source publisher:
[Typis Ioannis Feyrabend] Theodoro de Bry
Source date:
M D XCIIII [1594]
notes:
The newly appointed governor of Hispaniola arrived in August 1500 and had Columbus's brother, Diego arrested. When Columbus and his brother, Bartholomew arrived they were also arrested and were sent back to Spain. This work was published by Theodor de Bry and is derived from the first part of Girolamo Benzoni, Historia del mondo nuovo, Venice, 1565. Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 4. Latin. Imprint information from colophon.
Time Period:
1492-1600
References:
Church, E.D. Discovery, 153
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1865.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject headings:
Columbus, Christopher
Columbus cum fratre Bartholomaeo captus in Hispaniam mittitur.
