Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: View of St. Salvador, a City of South America.
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Accession number:
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80-303
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Record number:
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80-303-6
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JCB call number:
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D785 M823n / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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View of St. Salvador, a City of South America.
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[the Proprietors]
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Image date:
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1785?
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 1, following p. 516
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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15.9 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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26.3 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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35.9 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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23.2 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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English
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Description:
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View of the town and harbor of St. Salvador, present-day São Salvador de Bahia de Todos os Santos, Brazil. Built environment includes churches, dwellings, fortifications, and boats rowed by enslaved Black people. Includes a group of women washing clothes on the water and porters carrying loads up the hill.
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Source creator:
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Moore, John Hamilton, d. 1807
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Source Title:
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A new and complete collection of voyages and travels
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed for the Proprietors: And Sold by Alexander Hogg, at No. 16, Pater-noster Row
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Source date:
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[ca. 1785?]
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notes:
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Salvador, an important center of the lucrative sugar and slave trade of Brazil, was founded in 1549 by Thomé de Souza and was the first capital of Portuguese Brazil.Image placed horizontally on page.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1980.
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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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Brazil
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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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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Salvador (Brazil)--Description and travel
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