Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Amazonian village]
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Accession number:
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08664
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Record number:
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08664-3
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JCB call number:
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JA785 R375e
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Image title:
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[Amazonian village]
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Place image published:
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[Nuremberg]
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Image publisher:
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[Johann Eberhard Zeh]
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Image date:
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[1785]
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Image function:
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plate; at end
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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9.6 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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17.2 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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20.7 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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12.5 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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Description:
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Native American settlement beside a river. Men grill meat over a fire, includes fishing, food preparation, man lying in hammock and another in a canoe. Also includes huts, church, and an orchard or grove of palms.
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Source Title:
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Reisen einiger Missionarien der Gesellschaft Jesu in Amerika. Aus ihren eigenen Aufsätzen herausgegeben von Christoph Gottlieb von Murr ...
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Source place of publication:
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Nürnberg [Nuremberg]
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Source publisher:
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bey Johann Eberhard Zeh
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Source date:
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1785
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notes:
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Murr, a Unitarian scholar who wrote on alchemy and theological topics, assembled these accounts of the Jesuits in Brazil. Image placed horizontally on page.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1870.
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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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Brazil
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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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Jesuits--Missions
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Subject headings:
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Indians of South America--Brazil
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