COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
34619
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34619
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Record number:
34619-1
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34619-1
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JCB call number:
E751 L142j / 1-SIZE (copy 2)
jcb_call_no
E751 L142j / 1-SIZE (copy 2)
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Observationibus astronom Regiae Paris Scientiar Academiae Promontorium Palmar Equatori subjacere compertum est
image_title
Observationibus astronom Regiae Paris Scientiar Academiae Promontorium Palmar Equatori subjacere compertum est
Image title
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Creator 1:
P. Clavv.
creator1
P. Clavv.
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
Inv.
creator1_role
Inv.
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
Moitte
creator2
Moitte
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
sc.
creator2_role
sc.
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Royal Press]
image_publisher
[Royal Press]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1751]
image_date
[1751]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; p. [1]
image_function
illustration; p. [1]
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving, etching
technique
engraving, etching
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
5 cm.
image_dimensions_height
5 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
10 cm.
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10 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
24.2 cm.
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24.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
18.4 cm.
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18.4 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
Materials support
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Languages:
Latin
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Latin
Languages
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Description:
A man engraves title into a rock while in background men canoe to shore where scientific instruments, a quadrant which is nailed into the ground and a pendulum protected under a shelter, are located.
description
A man engraves title into a rock while in background men canoe to shore where scientific instruments, a quadrant which is nailed into the ground and a pendulum protected under a shelter, are located.
Description
false
Source creator:
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
source_creator
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Journal du voyage fait par ordre du Roi, a l'equateur servant d'introduction historique a la Mesure des trois premiers degrés du Méridien
source_title
Journal du voyage fait par ordre du Roi, a l'equateur servant d'introduction historique a la Mesure des trois premiers degrés du Méridien
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Paris
source_place_of_publication
A Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
de l'Imprimerie royale
source_publisher
de l'Imprimerie royale
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M. DCCLI. [1751]
source_date
M. DCCLI. [1751]
Source date
false
notes:
La Condamine was one of three scientists sent by the Académie Royale des Sciences to Peru in 1735 to measure the length of a degree of meridian at the equator. The three soon separated and made independent measurements, finishing in 1743. His research was used to prove that the earth flattens toward its poles. This book was the first scientific account of the Amazon River. Engraver is probably Pierre Etienne Moitte, 1722-1780.
notes
La Condamine was one of three scientists sent by the Académie Royale des Sciences to Peru in 1735 to measure the length of a degree of meridian at the equator. The three soon separated and made independent measurements, finishing in 1743. His research was used to prove that the earth flattens toward its poles. This book was the first scientific account of the Amazon River. Engraver is probably Pierre Etienne Moitte, 1722-1780.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
http://www.newadven… (Jan. 2005)
references_
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04210a.htm (Jan. 2005)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1874.
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 headings:
Scientific expeditions--South America
subject_heads
Scientific expeditions--South America
Subject headings
false