Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Title page]
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Accession number:
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35313
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Record number:
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35313-1
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JCB call number:
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J590 B915v GVL6 / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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[Title page]
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Place image published:
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Fra[n]cofurte[n]se [Frankfurt am Main]
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Image publisher:
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Theodoro de Bry
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Image date:
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1596
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Image function:
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title page
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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29 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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20.8 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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34.8 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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23.3 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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Latin
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Description:
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Title page showing Atahualpa [or Atabalipa] adorned with jewelry and carrying a sceptre being carried on a litter by native Americans. Includes scenes of mining by native Americans. Also includes musical instruments such as drum, pipes, and trumpet, swords, scene of warfare, baskets, winches, hoes, shovels, bows, arrows, ships, and boat.
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Source Title:
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[America. Pt 6. Latin] Americae pars sexta, sive Historiae ab Hieronymo Be[n]sono Mediolane[s]se scriptae, section tertia
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Source place of publication:
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Fra[n]cofurte[n]se [Frankfurt am Main]
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Source publisher:
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Theodoro de Bry
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Source date:
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M D XCVI. [1596]
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notes:
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Illustrating the conquest of the Incas, this part of Benzoni's work describes the Spanish attempt to control Peru. The mining scene may be of silver mining at Potosí.This work was published by Theodor de Bry and is derived from the third part of Girolamo Benzoni, Historia del mondo nuovo, Venice, 1565. Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 6. Latin. Imprint information from colophon.
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
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References:
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Church, E.D. Discovery, 158
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References exhibitions:
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Danforth, S. Encountering the New World, Fig. 30
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1865.
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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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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Indians of South America--Wars
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Subject headings:
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Mines and mineral resources--South America
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