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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
0234
Record number:
0234-1
JCB call number:
J522 S365n
Image title:
[Title page]
Place image published:
[Augsburg]
Image publisher:
[Melchoir Ramminger]
Image date:
[1522]
Image function:
title page
Technique:
woodcut
Image dimension height:
15.5 cm.
Image dimension width:
12.5 cm.
Page dimension height:
18 cm.
Page dimension width:
13.8 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
German
Description:
The title of the book is surrounded by a decorative border containing floral motifs and grotesque heads. The double eagle is depicted on a shield in the lower center, flanked by two [gryphons?].
Source Title:
Ein schöne newe Zeytung so Kayserlich Mayestet ausz India yetz nemlich zukommen seind
Source place of publication:
[Augsburg]
Source publisher:
[Melchior Ramminger]
Source date:
[1522]
notes:
This book contains a brief account of Columbus' voyage, Spanish conquest of Mexico, and Magellan's circumnavigation of the world.
Time Period:
1492-1600
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1846.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject headings:
Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540

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