Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: El dragon.
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Accession number:
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0665
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Record number:
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0665-4
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JCB call number:
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B580 M735p
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Image title:
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El dragon.
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Place image published:
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[Seville]
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Image publisher:
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[Fernando Diaz]
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Image date:
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[1580]
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Image function:
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plate; recto leaf 64
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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16.3 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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10.2cm.
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Page dimension height:
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19.9 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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14.5 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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Spanish
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Description:
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Dragon fruit or, probably, pitahaya.
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Source creator:
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Monardes, Nicol��s, ca. 1512-1588
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Source Title:
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[Historia medicinal] Primera y segunda y tercera partes de la historia medicinal
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Source place of publication:
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En Sevilla [Seville]
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Source publisher:
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En casa de Fernando Diaz
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Source date:
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1580
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notes:
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Named for its scaly skin, the pitahaya is the fruit of a cactus.
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
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References:
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http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1993/v2-491.html (July 2004)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1854.
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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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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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