Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Gegend von Mexico.
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Accession number:
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04878
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Record number:
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04878-36
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JCB call number:
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J752 A394g
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Image title:
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Gegend von Mexico.
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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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fold-out plate; vol. 2, following p. 16
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Technique:
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etching
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Image dimension height:
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18.4 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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35.2 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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24.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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37.5 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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Languages:
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German, Nahuatl
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Description:
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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.
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Source Title:
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Algemeine Geschichte de Länder und Völker von America. Zweiter 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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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.
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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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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Mexico City (Mexico)--Description and travel
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