Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: S. Augustini pars est terrae Florida ...
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Accession number:
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29229
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Record number:
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29229-3
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JCB call number:
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D589 B592s
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Image title:
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S. Augustini pars est terrae Florida ...
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[Richard Field]
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Image date:
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[1589]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate [4]
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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40.2 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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54.4 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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44.3 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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54.5 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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Inscription:
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pl. 4. pages 46-47
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Languages:
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Latin
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Description:
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Bird's-eye view of Saint Augustine, Florida, including harbor and scene of naval warfare. Includes compass rose, ships, some topographical details, cannons, battalions marching, boats, and large fish or dolphin. Items in the image are lettered for identification in key below.
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Source creator:
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Bigges, Walter, d. 1586
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Source Title:
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A summarie and true discourse of Sir Francis Drakes VVest Indian voyage
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Source place of publication:
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Imprinted at London
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Source publisher:
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by Richard Field, dwelling in the Blacke-Friars by Ludgate
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Source date:
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1589
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notes:
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This view, one of four illustrating Drake's conquests, shows Sir Francis Drake's sack of Saint Augustine on May 28 and 29, 1586. It is the first known printed representation of a European settlement in North America. It also includes an illustration of a dolphin or dorado fish likely copied from a drawing of John White (and is the first White drawing to be published). The map was perhaps engraved by Baptista Boazio, an Italian artist resident in London well known for his manuscript maps, although no known engraved work with his full name on it exists. The signature on the "Drake map," or "The Famouse West Indian voyadge," of 1589 with its signature, "Baptista B.," is the only example of his [partial] name on an engraved work.
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
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References:
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http://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/catalog/drake/drake-6-caribraid.html (Sept. 2004); Kraus, H.P. Drake, p. 21; Cumming, W.P. Discovery of North America, 187
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1942.
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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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geographic area:
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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Saint Augustine (Fla.)--Maps
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