Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Il pellicano d'America.
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Accession number:
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09534
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Record number:
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09534-19
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JCB call number:
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D763 G291a / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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Il pellicano d'America.
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Creator 1:
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Violente Vanni
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Creator 1 role:
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f[ecit]:
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Place image published:
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[Leghorn]
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Image publisher:
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[Marco Coltellini]
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Image date:
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[1763]
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 2, following p. 120
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Technique:
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etching
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Image dimension height:
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27.8 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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20.3 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
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30.9 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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24.5 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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Italian
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Description:
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Brown pelican stands on coast.
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Source Title:
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Il gazzettiere Americano ... Volume secondo
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Source place of publication:
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In Livorno [Leghorn]
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Source publisher:
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Per Marco Coltellini all' Insegna della Verità
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Source date:
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MDCCLXIII [1763]
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notes:
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Text describes pelican found in Jamaica. Scientific name: Pelecanus occidentalis. This encyclopedia was translated from an English edition and was the first comprehensive geographical dictionary of America in Italian.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Pelecanus_occidentalis.html (Nov. 2005)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1984.
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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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Caribbean Islands
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Birds
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Subject headings:
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Pelecaniformes
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