Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Hispani occupant Gallicam navem pusillanimitate Praefecti navis Gallicae.

Accession number: 
34724
Record number: 
34724-6
JCB call number: 
J590 B915v GVL5.1 / 2-SIZE
Image title: 
Hispani occupant Gallicam navem pusillanimitate Praefecti navis Gallicae.
Place image published: 
[Frankfurt am Main]
Image publisher: 
[Theodor de Bry]
Image date: 
[1595]
Image function: 
illustration; Plate 5
Technique: 
engraving, hand coloring
Image dimension height: 
15.4 cm.
Image dimension width: 
18.4 cm.
Page dimension height: 
34.5 cm.
Page dimension width: 
23.5 cm.
Materials medium: 
ink, colors
Materials support: 
paper
Description: 
Spanish ships chase and capture French ships. Includes scene of naval warfare, guns or muskets, cannons firing, and spears.
Source Title: 
[America. Pt 5. Latin] Americae pars quinta nobilis & admiratione plena Hieronymi Bezoni Mediolanensis secundae setionis Hispanorum ...
Source place of publication: 
Franc. [Frankfurt am Main]
Source publisher: 
Theodoro de Bry
Source date: 
M D XCV. [1595]
notes: 
When two French privateers appeared off of the coast of Hispaniola, the entire Spanish fleet gave chase and captured one privateer. This work was published by Theodor de Bry and is derived from the second part of Girolamo Benzoni, Historia del mondo nuovo, Venice, 1565. Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 5. Latin. Imprint information from colophon.
Time Period: 
1492-1600
References: 
Church, E.D. Discovery, 156
Provenance/Donor: 
Acquired before 1865.
Owner and copyright: 
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area: 
Spanish America
Subject Area: 
Artifacts, industry, and human activities