Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Title page]
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Accession number:
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0374
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Record number:
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0374-1
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JCB call number:
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E632 S129g [R]
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Image title:
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[Title page]
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Creator 1:
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Jaspar Isac
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Creator 1 role:
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F[ecit]
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Place image published:
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Paris
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Image publisher:
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chez Denys Moreau, rue St. Iaques à la Salamandre d'argent
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Image date:
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[1632]
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Image function:
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title page
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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16.3 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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9.8 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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16.6 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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10.2 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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Languages:
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French
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Description:
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Title page with six native Americans with clubs, a baby, etc. Decorative elements include native dwelling labeled "cabane, " a native burial structure labeled "sepulcra," a canoe labeled "canot,"the figure of St. Francis, a figure with initials "B.F.M.D.V.," and Hebrew word for God.
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Source creator:
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Sagard, Gabriel
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Source Title:
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Le grand voyage dv pays des hvrons, situé en l'Amerique vers la mer douce, és derniers confins de la Nouuelle France, dite Canada
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Source place of publication:
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A Paris
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Source publisher:
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chez Denys Moreau, rue St. Iacques à la salamandre d'argent
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Source date:
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M.DC.XXXII. [1632]
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notes:
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The figure with initials "B.F.M.D.V." is probably Frère Martin de Valence of the Recollet order. Engraver is Jaspar de Isaac (act. 1612, d. 1654).
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Time Period:
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1601-1650
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Subject matter:
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boat
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References:
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Church, E.D. Discovery, 421
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1846.
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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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Commentary:
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geographic area:
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North America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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New France--Discovery and exploration
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Subject headings:
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Huron Indians
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Subject headings:
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Indians of North America--Canada
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Subject headings:
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Recollets (Franciscan)--Missions
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