MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
09886
Record number:
09886-1
JCB call number:
J590 B915v GVG 13 / 2-SIZE
Image title:
[Title page]
Place image published:
Francofurti ad Moenum [Frankfurt am Main]
Image publisher:
Sumptibus Matthaei Meriani civis & Chalcographi Francofurtensis. [Matthäus Merian]
Image date:
1634
Image function:
title page
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
31 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width:
19.7 cm. (platemark)
Page dimension height:
35.8 cm.
Page dimension width:
23.2 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Latin
Description:
Title page flanked by a native American man and woman. At top are two mermaids holding seashells; at the bottom is a vignette of sailing ships with flying fish and a mermaid. Also includes tattoos, ear of corn, fruit, birds, ear ornaments such as frogs, mice and stones, face ornaments, bow, and spear.
Source Title:
[America. Pt 13. Latin] Decima tertia pars Historiae Americanae ...
Source place of publication:
Francofurti ad Moenum [Frankfurt am Main]
Source publisher:
Sumptibus Matthaei Meriani civis & Chalcographi Francofurtensis. [Matthäus Merian]
Source date:
M DC XXXIV [1634]
notes:
This work was first published in German by Theodor de Bry as (pt 1) Continuatio Americae, Frankfurt a. M., 1627, and (pt 2) Vierzehender Theil Amerikanischer Historien, Hanau, 1630. Here Merian united the two parts and had them translated into Latin. Together the work includes 15 sections and introduces the various voyages and travels to New England. The mermaids were supposedly encountered by Captain Whitbourne's fleet while in the harbor of St. Johns in Canada. Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 13. Latin.
Time Period:
1601-1650
References:
Church, E.D. Discovery, 174
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1865.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
North America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Indians of North America

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