MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record 
Accession number:
02057
Record number:
02057-4
JCB call number:
E771 P452h / 1-SIZE
Image title:
[Saint Catherine Island and forts]
Place image published:
[London]
Image publisher:
[T. Jefferys]
Image date:
[1771]
Image function:
fold-out plate II; following p. 40
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
22.1 cm.
Image dimension width:
28.3 cm.
Page dimension height:
27 cm.
Page dimension width:
32.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
Plan of Saint Catherine Island (Ilha de Santa Catarina) in present-day Brazil, with inset plans of the forts of Ratones and Grand Point, as well as a plan of a town battery. Also includes a view of Fort Santa Cruz. Cartographic elements include scales, compass rose, and profile of the coastline of the north part of Santa Catarina. Includes fortifications.
Source creator:
Pernety, Antoine-Joseph, 1716-1801
Source Title:
[Journal historique d'un voyage fait aux iles Malouïnes. English] The history of a voyage to the Malouine (or Falkland) Islands
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
Printed for T. Jefferys, in the Strand
Source date:
MDCCLXXI [1771]
notes:
Ilha de Santa Catarina was first settled by the Spaniards in 1542, but by 1675 the Portuguese had gained control of the island. This voyage was undertaken by Louis de Bougainville at his own expense to found a French colony in the islands (named by him in honor of French seamen from St. Malo), presently known as the Falkland Islands [or Islas Malvinas]. The Spanish objected to the colony and the French later surrendered the land to Spain. Pernety, who traveled with the expedition, was a Benedictine monk.
Time Period:
1751-1800
References:
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1859.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Brazil
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings:
Fortification--Brazil
Subject headings:
Brazil--Maps

[Saint Catherine Island and forts]