Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Siege of native American fort]
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Accession number:
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04878
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Record number:
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04878-23
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JCB call number:
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J752 A394g
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Image title:
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[Siege of native American fort]
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Place image published:
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[Halle]
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Image publisher:
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[Johann Justinus Gebauer]
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Image date:
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[1752]
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Image function:
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plate 31; vol. 1, following p. 394
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Technique:
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etching
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Image dimension height:
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19.5 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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14.1 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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24.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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18.8 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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Siege of a native American fort or palisaded village. Cultural artifacts include bows, arrows, and shields. Also includes dwellings and scene of warfare.
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Source Title:
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Algemeine Geschichte de Länder und Völker von America. Erster Theil. Nebst einer Vorrede Siegmund Jacob Baumgartens ...
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Source place of publication:
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Halle
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Source publisher:
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bey Johann Justinus Gebauer
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Source date:
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1752
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notes:
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This image is derived from Joseph François Lafitau, Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains, vol. 2, plate 12, in turn, derived from Samuel Champlain, Les voyages du sieur de Champlain, Paris, 1613, which shows warfare of the Iroquois and describes how the attackers shelter behind wooden planks and try to burn down the palisade. Champlain probably drew the original drawing of the Iroquois battle of July 1609 from which the engraving in his book was made. Compiled and translated from several sources by Johann Friedrich Schröter, with a preface by Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten. Schröter was secretary to the Privy Council of Magdeburg and had served for some years as a missionary in Canada.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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http://www.hrkahnbooks.com/Catalogues/Cat67/Html/67pg31d117to119.html (Oct. 2005)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1963.
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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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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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Indians of North America--Warfare
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