COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
07376
accession_no
07376
Accession number
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Record number:
07376-59
record_number
07376-59
Record number
false
JCB call number:
B728 H564h / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
B728 H564h / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Tenochtitlan or Mexico City and environs]
image_title
[Tenochtitlan or Mexico City and environs]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Antwerp]
place_image_published
[Antwerp]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Juan Bautista Verdussen]
image_publisher
[Juan Bautista Verdussen]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1728]
image_date
[1728]
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 1, following p. 398
image_function
fold-out plate; vol. 1, following p. 398
Image function
false
Technique:
etching
technique
etching
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
22.6 cm.
image_dimensions_height
22.6 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
52.8 cm.
image_dimensions_width
52.8 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
25 cm.
page_dimensions_height
25 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
54.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
54.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Spanish
languages
Spanish
Languages
false
Description:
View of Mexico City or Tenochtitlán showing the various islands, aqueduct, and causeways or bridges which linked the city in the lake to the land. Also includes men on horseback, domestic animals, boats, churches, dwellings, wicker dams, and main square.
description
View of Mexico City or Tenochtitlán showing the various islands, aqueduct, and causeways or bridges which linked the city in the lake to the land. Also includes men on horseback, domestic animals, boats, churches, dwellings, wicker dams, and main square.
Description
false
Source creator:
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625
source_creator
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos] Historia general de las Indias Ocidentales ... Tomo primo
source_title
[Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos] Historia general de las Indias Ocidentales ... Tomo primo
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
En Amberes [Antwerp]
source_place_of_publication
En Amberes [Antwerp]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Por Juan Bautista Verdussen, Mercader de Libros
source_publisher
Por Juan Bautista Verdussen, Mercader de Libros
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M.D.CC.XXVIII [1728]
source_date
M.D.CC.XXVIII [1728]
Source date
false
notes:
The city is probably shown as the artist imagined Tenochtitlán was before Europeans arrived, but with European-type houses and churches and men on horseback or herding sheep. The image is derived from Carol Allard, Orbis habitabilis oppida et vestitas, A
notes
The city is probably shown as the artist imagined Tenochtitlán was before Europeans arrived, but with European-type houses and churches and men on horseback or herding sheep. The image is derived from Carol Allard, Orbis habitabilis oppida et vestitas, A
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired circa 1916.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired circa 1916.
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
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
subject_groups
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Mexico City (Mexico)--Maps
subject_heads
Mexico City (Mexico)--Maps
Subject headings
false