COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
09886
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09886
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Record number:
09886-11
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09886-11
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JCB call number:
J590 B915v GVG 13 / 2-SIZE
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J590 B915v GVG 13 / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
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Image title:
[Animals of San Salvador]
image_title
[Animals of San Salvador]
Image title
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Place image published:
[Frankfurt am Main]
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[Frankfurt am Main]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Matthäus Merian]
image_publisher
[Matthäus Merian]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1634]
image_date
[1634]
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Image function:
illustration; p. 132
image_function
illustration; p. 132
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
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engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
14.8 cm.
image_dimensions_height
14.8 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
17.5 cm.
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17.5 cm.
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false
Page dimension height:
35.7 cm.
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35.7 cm.
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false
Page dimension width:
23 cm.
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23 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Description:
Animals in a landscape with volcanoes. Includes snakes, iguanas, llama, alligator, scorpion, "su" or "succarath," pangolin [?], jaguars, armadillo, and dwellings.
description
Animals in a landscape with volcanoes. Includes snakes, iguanas, llama, alligator, scorpion, "su" or "succarath," pangolin [?], jaguars, armadillo, and dwellings.
Description
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Source Title:
[America. Pt 13. Latin] Decima tertia pars Historiae Americanae ...
source_title
[America. Pt 13. Latin] Decima tertia pars Historiae Americanae ...
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Source place of publication:
Francofurti ad Moenum [Frankfurt am Main]
source_place_of_publication
Francofurti ad Moenum [Frankfurt am Main]
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false
Source publisher:
Sumptibus Matthaei Meriani civis & Chalcographi Francofurtensis. [Matthäus Merian]
source_publisher
Sumptibus Matthaei Meriani civis & Chalcographi Francofurtensis. [Matthäus Merian]
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M DC XXXIV [1634]
source_date
M DC XXXIV [1634]
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notes:
These animals were said to inhabit an area near a volcano. The Spanish were warned that if they crossed the lake at the foot of the volcano, they would never return. Thevet described an animal hunted for its fur by the native Americans, which lived by rivers, put its young on it back when threatened, and had a terrible cry. He called the animal a "su" or "succarath," perhaps a ground sloth (now extinct) or puma? This work was first published in German, as part XIII (1628) and part XIV (1630). Here Merian united the two parts and had them translated into Latin. Together the work includes 15 sections. Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 13. Latin.
notes
These animals were said to inhabit an area near a volcano. The Spanish were warned that if they crossed the lake at the foot of the volcano, they would never return. Thevet described an animal hunted for its fur by the native Americans, which lived by rivers, put its young on it back when threatened, and had a terrible cry. He called the animal a "su" or "succarath," perhaps a ground sloth (now extinct) or puma? This work was first published in German, as part XIII (1628) and part XIV (1630). Here Merian united the two parts and had them translated into Latin. Together the work includes 15 sections. Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 13. Latin.
notes
false
Time Period:
1601-1650
time_period
1601-1650
Time Period
false
References:
Church, E.D. Discovery, 174
references_
Church, E.D. Discovery, 174
References
false
References exhibitions:
Danforth, S. Encountering the New World, Fig. 23
references_exhibitions
Danforth, S. Encountering the New World, Fig. 23
References exhibitions
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1865.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1865.
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
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false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
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Flora and fauna
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false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Mexico
subject_heads
Natural history--Mexico
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false