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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
0856
Record number:
0856-1
JCB call number:
F600 J35a /oblong
Image title:
[Men killing penguins]
Place image published:
[Amsterdam]
Image publisher:
[by Zacharias Heijns]
Image date:
[1600]
Image function:
plate; verso of [leaf 31]
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
11.5 cm.
Image dimension width:
16 cm.
Page dimension height:
14.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
19 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Men killing penguins. A group of Europeans use clubs andlong-handled hooks to kill and remove penguins. In the background, men load penguins onto a boat.
Source creator:
Potgieter, Barent Jansz, b. 1574
Source Title:
VVijdtloopigh verhael van tgene de vijf schepen
Source place of publication:
t'Amsterdam
Source publisher:
by Zacharias Heijns, inde warmoestraet, inde hooft-dueghden
Source date:
[1600]
notes:
The Dutch attempted to make the western route to China through the Strait of Magellan in 1598 under the leadership of General Jacques Mahu and Vice-Admiral Simon de Cordes. The expedition was ill-starred (100 out of 500 men died on the voyage); this illustration shows the starving Dutch mariners killing penguins for food.
Time Period:
1492-1600
References exhibitions:
Klooster, W. Dutch in the Americas, Fig. 1.5
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1846.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
Subject headings:
Magellan, Strait of

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