Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Rio di Gennaro

Accession number: 
03695
Record number: 
03695-6
JCB call number: 
C698 S231i / 1-SIZE
Image title: 
Rio di Gennaro
Creator 1: 
H. Vincent
Creator 1 role: 
Sc.
Place image published: 
[Rome]
Image publisher: 
[Corbelletti]
Image date: 
[1698]
Image function: 
fold-out plate; pt. 2, following p. 154
Technique: 
engraving
Image dimension height: 
37.7 cm.
Image dimension width: 
50.4 cm.
Page dimension height: 
41 cm.
Page dimension width: 
53.8 cm.
Materials medium: 
ink
Materials support: 
paper
Languages: 
Italian
Description: 
Bird's eye-view of the town of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Includes dwellings, churches, harbor, ships, and fortifications. Cartographic elements include indication of shoals, compass rose, and location of settlements on bay. Also includes the Portuguese royal coat of arms.
Source creator: 
Santa Teresa, João José de, 1658-ca. 1733
Source Title: 
Istoria delle guerre del regno del Brasile ...
Source place of publication: 
In Roma [Rome]
Source publisher: 
Nella Stamperia degl' Eredi del Corbelletti
Source date: 
MDCXCVIII [1698]
Time Period: 
1651-1700
Provenance/Donor: 
Acquired before 1866.
Owner and copyright: 
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area: 
Brazil
Subject Area: 
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings: 
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Maps