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:
04878
accession_no
04878
Accession number
false
Record number:
04878-36
record_number
04878-36
Record number
false
JCB call number:
J752 A394g
jcb_call_no
J752 A394g
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Gegend von Mexico.
image_title
Gegend von Mexico.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Halle]
place_image_published
[Halle]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Johann Justinus Gebauer]
image_publisher
[Johann Justinus Gebauer]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1752]
image_date
[1752]
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 2, following p. 16
image_function
fold-out plate; vol. 2, following p. 16
Image function
false
Technique:
etching
technique
etching
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
18.4 cm.
image_dimensions_height
18.4 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
35.2 cm.
image_dimensions_width
35.2 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
24.1 cm.
page_dimensions_height
24.1 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
37.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
37.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
German, Nahuatl
languages
German, Nahuatl
Languages
false
Description:
Bird's-eye view of Mexico City or Tenochtitlán showing Lake Texcoco, the various islands and settlements, aqueduct, and causeways or bridges which linked the city. Also includes churches and dwellings. Items in the image are lettered for identification in key at bottom.
description
Bird's-eye view of Mexico City or Tenochtitlán showing Lake Texcoco, the various islands and settlements, aqueduct, and causeways or bridges which linked the city. Also includes churches and dwellings. Items in the image are lettered for identification in key at bottom.
Description
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Source Title:
Algemeine Geschichte de Länder und Völker von America. Zweiter Theil. Nebst einer Vorrede Siegmund Jacob Baumgartens ...
source_title
Algemeine Geschichte de Länder und Völker von America. Zweiter Theil. Nebst einer Vorrede Siegmund Jacob Baumgartens ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Halle
source_place_of_publication
Halle
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
bey Johann Justinus Gebauer
source_publisher
bey Johann Justinus Gebauer
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1752
source_date
1752
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. Cuyioacan (or Coyoacan) may be where Hernán Cortés lived. Suchimilco (or Xochimilco) was the site of a famous battle won by Cortés. This image is similar to the one printed in Antonio de Solís, Histoire de la conquête du Mexique, Paris, 1691, following p. 272. 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.
notes
The city is probably shown as the artist imagined Tenochtitlán was before Europeans arrived, but with European-type houses and churches. Cuyioacan (or Coyoacan) may be where Hernán Cortés lived. Suchimilco (or Xochimilco) was the site of a famous battle won by Cortés. This image is similar to the one printed in Antonio de Solís, Histoire de la conquête du Mexique, Paris, 1691, following p. 272. 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.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
http://www.hrkahnbo… (Oct. 2005)
references_
http://www.hrkahnbooks.com/Catalogues/Cat67/Html/67pg31d117to119.html (Oct. 2005)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1963.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1963.
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:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
subject_groups
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Mexico City (Mexico)--Description and travel
subject_heads
Mexico City (Mexico)--Description and travel
Subject headings
false