COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
04075
Record number:
04075-3
JCB call number:
B772 U42v
Image title:
[top] [Temple of the ancient Indians near the village of Cayambe ....] [middle] [View of the ruins of a palace of the Yncas, called Callo ...] [bottom left] [The balza.] [bottom right] [View of a palace and citadel of the Yncas, near the village of Canar.]
Creator 1:
J. Mynde
Creator 1 dates:
fl. 1740-1770
Creator 1 role:
Sc.
Place image published:
[London]
Image publisher:
[Lockyer Davis]
Image date:
[1772]
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 1, following p. 468
Technique:
etching, engraving
Image dimension height:
24.9 cm.
Image dimension width:
17.5 cm.
Page dimension height:
20.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
27.4 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
[top] (a) View of a native American temple in the province of Quito in present-day Ecuador, including tombs (b), fortifications (c), and the village of Cayambe (d). [middle] View of the ruins of an Inca palace called Callo, near the town of Latacunga, also in Quito province. Various parts of the palace are described, as well as a mountain (K) called Panacillo, which served as a watchtower when the king was in residence, and a river (L) which had its source in the desert of Cotopaxi. [bottom left]. A balsa raft with the various parts identified, including the cook fire. [bottom right] View of an Inca palace and fortifications near Canar, including the rivers which surround the citadel. Also includes dwellings and church. Items in the image are lettered for identification in Explanation at beginning of volume one.
Source creator:
Ulloa, Antonio de, 1716-1795
Source Title:
[Relación histórica del viage a la America meridional. English] A voyage to South America ... Vol. I
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
Printed for Lockyer Davis, in Holborn; Printer to the Royal Society
Source date:
MDCCLXXII. [1772]
notes:
Information about the image taken from the Explanation of plates found at the beginning of volume one. The ruins of Ingapirca, in present-day Ecuador, still stand in the province of Cañar. The Temple of the Sun was used by the Cañari and Inca cultures mainly for ceremonies and rituals, and was elliptical in shape. The ruins consist of a cemetery, solar observatories, roads, storage areas, priests' chambers, and a native square. Balsa rafts were known to Europeans since 1527 when first seen by Pizarro's pilot. Ulloa was the first to study how the rafts actually operated. The text notes that they were capable of deep sea navigation, 80 to 100 feet long, 20 to 26 feet wide, and able to carry 20 to 25 tons of cargo. The native Americans and mulattos moved their entire families onto them in the rainy season when they were cut off from their small farms. From the rafts they fished and subsisted on preserved meats and grains. Ulloa discovered how the rafts were able to tack by shifting the sails and be steered by means of guares. Images for this image are derived from Ulloa, Relacion historica, Madrid, 1748. Image placed horizontally on page.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1871.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Indians of South America--Ecuador
Subject headings:
Indian architecture--South America
Subject headings:
Indians of South America--Boats
Subject headings:
Peru--Description and travel
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