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:
34619-2
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34619-2
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JCB call number:
E751 L142j / 1-SIZE (copy 2)
jcb_call_no
E751 L142j / 1-SIZE (copy 2)
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Image title:
Vue de la Base mesurée dans la plaine d'Yarouqui pres de Quito ... sous un arc qui comprend 180. degrez de l'horison ...
image_title
Vue de la Base mesurée dans la plaine d'Yarouqui pres de Quito ... sous un arc qui comprend 180. degrez de l'horison ...
Image title
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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:
fold-out plate; following p. 20
image_function
fold-out plate; following p. 20
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving, etching
technique
engraving, etching
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
19.7 cm.
image_dimensions_height
19.7 cm.
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false
Image dimension width:
43.2 cm.
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43.2 cm.
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Page dimension height:
24.2 cm.
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24.2 cm.
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false
Page dimension width:
51 cm.
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51 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
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Languages:
French
languages
French
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Description:
View of the Yaroqui plain including factory, dwellings, churches, and mountains. Items in the image are identified in key below. Includes location of mountains such as Cotopaxi, Pithintcha, and others, as well as the pyramids of Carabourou and Oyambaro.
description
View of the Yaroqui plain including factory, dwellings, churches, and mountains. Items in the image are identified in key below. Includes location of mountains such as Cotopaxi, Pithintcha, and others, as well as the pyramids of Carabourou and Oyambaro.
Description
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Source creator:
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
source_creator
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774
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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
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Source place of publication:
A Paris
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A Paris
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false
Source publisher:
de l'Imprimerie royale
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de l'Imprimerie royale
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false
Source date:
M. DCCLI. [1751]
source_date
M. DCCLI. [1751]
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notes:
La Condamine was one of three scientists sent by the Académie Royale des Sciences to Peru, or present-day Ecuador, 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.
notes
La Condamine was one of three scientists sent by the Académie Royale des Sciences to Peru, or present-day Ecuador, 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.
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:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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false
Subject headings:
Scientific expeditions--South America
subject_heads
Scientific expeditions--South America
Subject headings
false