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:
09887
accession_no
09887
Accession number
false
Record number:
09887-24
record_number
09887-24
Record number
false
JCB call number:
J590 B915v GVL4.1 / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
J590 B915v GVL4.1 / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Americae retectio
image_title
Americae retectio
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Frankfurt am Main]
place_image_published
[Frankfurt am Main]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Johann Feyerabend, Theodor de Bry]
image_publisher
[Johann Feyerabend, Theodor de Bry]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1594]
image_date
[1594]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; following second title page
image_function
illustration; following second title page
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
technique
engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
14.1 cm.
image_dimensions_height
14.1 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
19.3 cm.
image_dimensions_width
19.3 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
34.1 cm.
page_dimensions_height
34.1 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
23 cm.
page_dimensions_width
23 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink, colors, gilt
materials_medium
ink, colors, gilt
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
The western hemisphere is shown flanked by figures of Janus and Flora. Above are medallion portraits of Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci. A sea god supports the western hemisphere. At bottom is a representation of the coast of Italy with Genoa shown on the coast and Florence shown at far right. At top charioteers carry shields bearing the arms of Genoa and Florence.
description
The western hemisphere is shown flanked by figures of Janus and Flora. Above are medallion portraits of Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci. A sea god supports the western hemisphere. At bottom is a representation of the coast of Italy with Genoa shown on the coast and Florence shown at far right. At top charioteers carry shields bearing the arms of Genoa and Florence.
Description
false
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_title
[America. Pt 4. Latin] Americae pars quarta. Sive, Insignis & admiranda historia de reperta primum occidentali India à Christophoro Columbo anno M. CCCXCII ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Francofurtensi [Frankfurt am Main]
source_place_of_publication
Francofurtensi [Frankfurt am Main]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
[Typis Ioannis Feyrabend] Theodoro de Bry
source_publisher
[Typis Ioannis Feyrabend] Theodoro de Bry
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M D XCIIII [1594]
source_date
M D XCIIII [1594]
Source date
false
notes:
Janus represents Genoa and is shown with Neptune mounted on a war chariot and the symbol of Genoa. Flora holding flowers represents Florence and is shown with Mars, the god of war, the first patron of Florence and the fleur de lis, symbol of that city. Jan van der Straet, also known as Joannes [or Johannes] Stradanus, compiled a series of four prints under the title Americae retectio in 1592, issued in celebration of the centennial of Columbus' discovery of the New World. 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.
notes
Janus represents Genoa and is shown with Neptune mounted on a war chariot and the symbol of Genoa. Flora holding flowers represents Florence and is shown with Mars, the god of war, the first patron of Florence and the fleur de lis, symbol of that city. Jan van der Straet, also known as Joannes [or Johannes] Stradanus, compiled a series of four prints under the title Americae retectio in 1592, issued in celebration of the centennial of Columbus' discovery of the New World. 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.
notes
false
Time Period:
1492-1600
time_period
1492-1600
Time Period
false
Visual categories:
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
visual_categories
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
Visual categories
false
References:
Church, E.D. Discovery, 153
references_
Church, E.D. Discovery, 153
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:
Arctic
geographic_areas
Arctic
geographic area
false
geographic area:
Brazil
geographic_areas
Brazil
geographic area
false
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
geographic area:
Guianas
geographic_areas
Guianas
geographic area
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
subject_groups
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Western Hemisphere--Maps
subject_heads
Western Hemisphere--Maps
Subject headings
false