COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
04407
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04407
Accession number
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Record number:
04407-10
record_number
04407-10
Record number
false
JCB call number:
B730 T186
jcb_call_no
B730 T186
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Armadillo, pelican, and two ducks]
image_title
[Armadillo, pelican, and two ducks]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Constantinople]
place_image_published
[Constantinople]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Ibrahim Mutafarika]
image_publisher
[Ibrahim Mutafarika]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1730]
image_date
[1730]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; p. [73]
image_function
illustration; p. [73]
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
8.7 cm.
image_dimensions_height
8.7 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
10.2 cm.
image_dimensions_width
10.2 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
20.6 cm.
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20.6 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
15 cm.
page_dimensions_width
15 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
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Description:
Armadillo, pelican, and two Muscovy ducks.
description
Armadillo, pelican, and two Muscovy ducks.
Description
false
Source creator:
López de Gómara, Francisco, 1511-1564
source_creator
López de Gómara, Francisco, 1511-1564
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Historia de la Indias. Turkish] [Tarih-i Hind-i garbi]
source_title
[Historia de la Indias. Turkish] [Tarih-i Hind-i garbi]
Source Title
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Source place of publication:
Constantinople
source_place_of_publication
Constantinople
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
[Ibrahim Mutafarrika, at the Imperial Press]
source_publisher
[Ibrahim Mutafarrika, at the Imperial Press]
Source publisher
false
Source date:
A.H. 1142 [i.e., 1730 A.D.]
source_date
A.H. 1142 [i.e., 1730 A.D.]
Source date
false
notes:
Text describes the armadillo as being the size of a cat and whose head and beak are like a duck; on its back is a robe of bone which it can either close or open. The ducks are described as being geese with black bodies and white wings. The pelican is described as being able to swallow three boys in one gulp. Ninety percent of the information in this book is from López de Gómara's Historia de las Indias, and was probably translated and adapted by Emir Mehmet ibn Emir Hasan el-Suudi [?] in 1580. This is the first illustrated book ever to be produced on an Ottoman printing press.
notes
Text describes the armadillo as being the size of a cat and whose head and beak are like a duck; on its back is a robe of bone which it can either close or open. The ducks are described as being geese with black bodies and white wings. The pelican is described as being able to swallow three boys in one gulp. Ninety percent of the information in this book is from López de Gómara's Historia de las Indias, and was probably translated and adapted by Emir Mehmet ibn Emir Hasan el-Suudi [?] in 1580. This is the first illustrated book ever to be produced on an Ottoman printing press.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
References:
Goodrich, T.D. Sixteenth Century Ottoman Americana, Ph.D. diss., 1968, picture #7, p. 149-152, 397.
references_
Goodrich, T.D. Sixteenth Century Ottoman Americana, Ph.D. diss., 1968, picture #7, p. 149-152, 397.
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1902.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1902.
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
Commentary:
commentary
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Commentary
false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history
subject_heads
Natural history
Subject headings
false