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:
35878
accession_no
35878
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Record number:
35878-8
record_number
35878-8
Record number
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JCB call number:
Z A881 1777 / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
Z A881 1777 / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Veduta della Citta, e della Montagna del Potosi
image_title
Veduta della Citta, e della Montagna del Potosi
Image title
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Creator 1:
Giuseppe Maria Terreni
creator1
Giuseppe Maria Terreni
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1739-1811
creator1_dates
1739-1811
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
Sc.
creator1_role
Sc.
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
[Livorno]
place_image_published
[Livorno]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Giovanni Tommaso Masi & Co.]
image_publisher
[Giovanni Tommaso Masi & Co.]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1777?]
image_date
[1777?]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate [40]
image_function
plate [40]
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
24.8 cm.
image_dimensions_height
24.8 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
18.2 cm.
image_dimensions_width
18.2 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
35.7 cm.
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35.7 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
25 cm.
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25 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
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Languages:
Italian
languages
Italian
Languages
false
Description:
View of Potosí, including its mountain. Includes a chapel at the top of the mountain, dwellings, churches, windmills, wooden cart, palm trees, and horses.
description
View of Potosí, including its mountain. Includes a chapel at the top of the mountain, dwellings, churches, windmills, wooden cart, palm trees, and horses.
Description
false
Source Title:
Atlante dell'America contenente le migliori carte geographiche ...
source_title
Atlante dell'America contenente le migliori carte geographiche ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Livorno [Leghorn]
source_place_of_publication
Livorno [Leghorn]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Presso Gio. Tommaso Masi e comp.
source_publisher
Presso Gio. Tommaso Masi e comp.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
MDCCLXXVII [1777]
source_date
MDCCLXXVII [1777]
Source date
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notes:
First discovered by the Spanish in 1547, Potosí was illustrated in Pedro de Cieza de León, Parte primera de la chronica del Peru, Seville, 1553. This view is derived from Arnoldus Montanus, De nieuwe en onbekende Weereld, Amsterdam, 1671.
notes
First discovered by the Spanish in 1547, Potosí was illustrated in Pedro de Cieza de León, Parte primera de la chronica del Peru, Seville, 1553. This view is derived from Arnoldus Montanus, De nieuwe en onbekende Weereld, Amsterdam, 1671.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1874.
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 headings:
Potosí (Peru)--Description and travel
subject_heads
Potosí (Peru)--Description and travel
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Mines and mineral resources--Peru
subject_heads
Mines and mineral resources--Peru
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Silver mines and mining
subject_heads
Silver mines and mining
Subject headings
false