COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
07324c
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07324c
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Record number:
07324c-1
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07324c-1
Record number
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JCB call number:
B725 H564g
jcb_call_no
B725 H564g
JCB call number
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Image title:
1 The Mexicans on their March to seek a Place to settle. 2. the Silver water. 3. The Tuna Tree with the Eagle ...
image_title
1 The Mexicans on their March to seek a Place to settle. 2. the Silver water. 3. The Tuna Tree with the Eagle ...
Image title
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Jeremiah Batley]
image_publisher
[Jeremiah Batley]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1726]
image_date
[1726]
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 3, following p. 190
image_function
fold-out plate; vol. 3, following p. 190
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
15.9 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
15.9 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
19.3 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_width
19.3 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
19.1 cm.
page_dimensions_height
19.1 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
22.4 cm.
page_dimensions_width
22.4 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
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ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
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paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English
languages
English
Languages
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Description:
Founding of Tenochtitlán or Mexico City. An eagle devours a bird while perched on a tree beside a river. Native Mexicans bow down before the eagle. Other men pole floating gardens on a raft down the river. The raft contains maize, squash, birds, and flowers. Others carry an idol to the riverbank and build a dwelling.
description
Founding of Tenochtitlán or Mexico City. An eagle devours a bird while perched on a tree beside a river. Native Mexicans bow down before the eagle. Other men pole floating gardens on a raft down the river. The raft contains maize, squash, birds, and flowers. Others carry an idol to the riverbank and build a dwelling.
Description
false
Source creator:
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625
source_creator
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos. English] The general history of the vast continent and islands of America, commonly call'd the West-Indies ... Vol. III
source_title
[Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos. English] The general history of the vast continent and islands of America, commonly call'd the West-Indies ... Vol. III
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for Jer. Batley at the Dove in Pater-noster-row
source_publisher
Printed for Jer. Batley at the Dove in Pater-noster-row
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M.DCC.XXVI. [1726]
source_date
M.DCC.XXVI. [1726]
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notes:
Text describes the founding of Tenochtitlán. The Aztecs or Mexica, guided by the prophecies of Huitzilopochtli (the god of the sun and war), ended their migration by building Tenochtitlán, on an island in a lake where an eagle held a snake perched on a flowering nopal cactus. The Aztecs created artificial islands called chinampas which were made by piling earth from the bottom of Lake Texcoco onto rafts made of weeds. After a while, the roots of the plants and trees grew down to the lake bottom, creating new farmland. This image was derived from Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 9, 3rd part, plate 12.
notes
Text describes the founding of Tenochtitlán. The Aztecs or Mexica, guided by the prophecies of Huitzilopochtli (the god of the sun and war), ended their migration by building Tenochtitlán, on an island in a lake where an eagle held a snake perched on a flowering nopal cactus. The Aztecs created artificial islands called chinampas which were made by piling earth from the bottom of Lake Texcoco onto rafts made of weeds. After a while, the roots of the plants and trees grew down to the lake bottom, creating new farmland. This image was derived from Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 9, 3rd part, plate 12.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired circa 1916.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired circa 1916.
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
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false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Aztec mythology
subject_heads
Aztec mythology
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Mexico City (Mexico)--History--To 1519
subject_heads
Mexico City (Mexico)--History--To 1519
Subject headings
false