Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Le Nandu ou Autruche de Magellan.
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Accession number:
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73-27
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Record number:
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73-27-7
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JCB call number:
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B809 A992v / 2-SIZE Atlas
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Image title:
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Le Nandu ou Autruche de Magellan.
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[Dentu]
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Image date:
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[1809]
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Image function:
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plate XXV; atlas volume
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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22.9 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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17.5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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33.8 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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25.6 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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French
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Description:
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Rhea or nandu.
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Source creator:
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Azara, Félix de, 1746-1821
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Source Title:
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[Viajes por la América Meridional. French] Voyages dans l'Amérique méridionale ... depuis 1781 jusqu'en 1801 ...
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Source place of publication:
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Paris
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Source publisher:
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Dentu, imprimeur-libraire, Rue de Pont-de-Lodi, no. 3
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Source date:
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1809
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notes:
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Azara, a Spaniard, went to South America in 1781 as one of the commissioners to settle the boundary between the Spanish and Portuguese possessions. He stayed for twenty years. During that time, he became an authority on the natural and political history of Paraguay and the Plata regions with many newly discovered species being named after him. The nandu is the smaller of the two flightless rheas found in South America. Scientific name: Pterocnemia pennata.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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References:
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http://lsb.syr.edu/projects/cyberzoo/rhea.html (May 2004)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1973.
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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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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Paraguay
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