Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Pugnainter Columbum & Franciscum Poresium.
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Accession number:
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09887
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Record number:
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09887-13
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JCB call number:
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J590 B915v GVL4.1 / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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Pugnainter Columbum & Franciscum Poresium.
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Place image published:
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[Frankfurt am Main]
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Image publisher:
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[Johann Feyerabend, Theodor de Bry]
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Image date:
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[1594]
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Image function:
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illustration; Plate 14
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Technique:
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engraving, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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15.9 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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19.5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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34.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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23 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink, colors
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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The battle between Christopher Columbus and Francisco Porras on the island of Jamaica. In the foreground native Americans in a canoe land on shore. Also includes ships, shields, spears, and guns or muskets.
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Source Title:
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[America. Pt 4. Latin] Americae pars quarta. Sive, Insignis & admiranda historia de reperta primum occidentali India à Christophoro Columbo anno M. CCCXCII ...
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Source place of publication:
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Francofurtensi [Frankfurt am Main]
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Source publisher:
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[Typis Ioannis Feyrabend] Theodoro de Bry
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Source date:
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M D XCIIII [1594]
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notes:
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On May 29, 1504, Columbus and his men arrived in Jamaica where Francisco Porras and his brother tried to mutiny against Columbus's authority. Porras was eventually arrested. 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.
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
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References:
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Church, E.D. Discovery, 153
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1865.
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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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Caribbean Islands
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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Explorers
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Subject headings:
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Columbus, Christopher
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