COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
09497
Record number:
09497-5
JCB call number:
E743 B272n
Image title:
Rade de Cayenne
Creator 1:
Le Parmentier
Creator 1 role:
Sculpsit
Place image published:
[Paris]
Image publisher:
[Piget, Damonneville, & Durand]
Image date:
[1743]
Image function:
fold-out plate; following p. 34
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
11 cm.
Image dimension width:
18.3 cm.
Page dimension height:
16.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
21.3 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
French
Description:
View of the fort and watchtower or lookout at Cayenne, Guiana. Includes fortifications, ships, boats, dwellings, and barracks.
Source creator:
Barrère, Pierre, ca. 1690-1755
Source Title:
Nouvelle relation de la France Equinoxiale, contenant la description des côtes de la Guiane
Source place of publication:
A Paris
Source publisher:
Chez Piget, Quai des Augustins, à St. Jacques, Damonneville, Quai des Augustins, à St. Etienne, Durand, ruë St. Jacques, au Griffon
Source date:
M. DCC. XLIII. [1743]
notes:
Barrère, "medecin-botantiste" to the French king, was the first European to write about Guiana. He included ethnographic and economic information in this book, along with information on the flora and fauna.
Time Period:
1701-1750
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1870.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Guianas
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings:
French Guiana--Description and travel
Subject headings:
Fortification