COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
04056
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04056
Accession number
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Record number:
04056-14
record_number
04056-14
Record number
false
JCB call number:
J621 P565 / 1-SIZE (copy 2)
jcb_call_no
J621 P565 / 1-SIZE (copy 2)
JCB call number
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Image title:
[Native Americans ride a manatee]
image_title
[Native Americans ride a manatee]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Linz]
place_image_published
[Linz]
Place image published
false
Image date:
[1621]
image_date
[1621]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; following p. 60
image_function
plate; following p. 60
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
17 cm.
image_dimensions_height
17 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
28.4 cm.
image_dimensions_width
28.4 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
31.3 cm.
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31.3 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
19.5 cm.
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19.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Latin
languages
Latin
Languages
false
Description:
Observed by Europeans, native Americans ride on a sea monster or manatee while in the background others capture another sea creature and turtle.
description
Observed by Europeans, native Americans ride on a sea monster or manatee while in the background others capture another sea creature and turtle.
Description
false
Source creator:
Philoponus, Honorius
source_creator
Philoponus, Honorius
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Nova typis transacta navigatio ...
source_title
Nova typis transacta navigatio ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Linz
source_place_of_publication
Linz
Source place of publication
false
Source date:
1621
source_date
1621
Source date
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notes:
First mentioned by Pietro Martire d'Anghiera, De orbe novo (book 1, cap. 8), the manatee derived its name from the Spanish word for hands (manos). This manatee is an anecdotal interpretation of López de Gómara's description of an animal which would let boys and men ride on its back. Wolfgang Kilian (1581-1662), an Augsburg printmaker, is presumed to be the artist for all the images in this book not obviously derived from the Petits Voyages and Grands Voyages of Theodor de Bry. Honorius Philoponus is a pseudonym, probably for Caspar Plautius to whom this book is dedicated. Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
First mentioned by Pietro Martire d'Anghiera, De orbe novo (book 1, cap. 8), the manatee derived its name from the Spanish word for hands (manos). This manatee is an anecdotal interpretation of López de Gómara's description of an animal which would let boys and men ride on its back. Wolfgang Kilian (1581-1662), an Augsburg printmaker, is presumed to be the artist for all the images in this book not obviously derived from the Petits Voyages and Grands Voyages of Theodor de Bry. Honorius Philoponus is a pseudonym, probably for Caspar Plautius to whom this book is dedicated. Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
false
Time Period:
1601-1650
time_period
1601-1650
Time Period
false
References:
Moffitt, J. F. & S. Sebastián, O Brave New People, p. 245-246
references_
Moffitt, J. F. & S. Sebastián, O Brave New People, p. 245-246
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1900.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1900.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Indians of South America
subject_heads
Indians of South America
Subject headings
false