COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
07376
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07376
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Record number:
07376-39
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07376-39
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JCB call number:
B728 H564h / 2-SIZE
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B728 H564h / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
El Secreto de la mina de Potosi se descubre à Villarroel, ÿ la cantidad de plata, que se sacava en los primeros tiempos
image_title
El Secreto de la mina de Potosi se descubre à Villarroel, ÿ la cantidad de plata, que se sacava en los primeros tiempos
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:
plate; vol. 4, following p. 242
image_function
plate; vol. 4, following p. 242
Image function
false
Technique:
etching
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etching
Technique
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Image dimension height:
20.2 cm.
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20.2 cm.
Image dimension height
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Image dimension width:
16.4 cm.
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16.4 cm.
Image dimension width
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Page dimension height:
35.2 cm.
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35.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
21 cm.
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21 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
Materials medium
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
Materials support
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Languages:
Spanish
languages
Spanish
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Description:
Method by which native Americans mined precious metals from the mountain. Men climb up and down a rope ladder carrying ore from the mines. Other men hold candles or lights and use pickaxes to extract the ore. In the background, men herd llamas and take th
description
Method by which native Americans mined precious metals from the mountain. Men climb up and down a rope ladder carrying ore from the mines. Other men hold candles or lights and use pickaxes to extract the ore. In the background, men herd llamas and take th
Description
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Source creator:
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625
source_creator
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625
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false
Source Title:
[Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos] Historia general de las Indias Ocidentales ... Tomo quarto
source_title
[Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos] Historia general de las Indias Ocidentales ... Tomo quarto
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
En Amberes [Antwerp]
source_place_of_publication
En Amberes [Antwerp]
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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
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notes:
Text describes the silver mines in Peru. This image was derived from Plate 3, in part 3 of Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 9.
notes
Text describes the silver mines in Peru. This image was derived from Plate 3, in part 3 of Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 9.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
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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
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false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
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Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
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Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Mines and mineral resources--Peru
subject_heads
Mines and mineral resources--Peru
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Indians of South America
subject_heads
Indians of South America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Silver mines and mining
subject_heads
Silver mines and mining
Subject headings
false