Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Tobacco pipes]
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Accession number:
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0245
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Record number:
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0245-2
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JCB call number:
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B535 F363h / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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[Tobacco pipes]
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Place image published:
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[Seville]
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Image publisher:
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[Enla empre[n]ta de Iuam Cromberger,]
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Image date:
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[1535]
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Image function:
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illustrations; leaf xlvii [47]
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Technique:
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28.8 x 19.8 cm. (entire single page); this slide is a double page spread
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Image dimension height:
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2.5 cm. [left]; 3.2 cm. [right]
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Image dimension width:
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3.3 cm. [left]; 1.8 cm. [right]
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Page dimension height:
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28.8 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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39.4 cm. [both pages]
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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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Description:
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Tobacco pipes.
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Source creator:
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Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, 1478-1557
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Source Title:
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[Historia general y natural de las Indias. 1a parte] La historia general delas Indias
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Source place of publication:
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Sevilla [Seville]
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Source publisher:
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Enla empre[n]ta de Iuam Cromberger, el postrero dia del mes de setiembre
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Source date:
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[1535]
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notes:
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This book is the first known European account to mention how tobacco was smoked by the natives.
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
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Subject matter:
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tobacco
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References:
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Arents, G. Tobacco, n. 4.
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1846.
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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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Commentary:
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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 headings:
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Tobacco pipes
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