Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Turtle]
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Accession number:
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30504
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Record number:
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30504-9
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JCB call number:
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D791 B294t1
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Image title:
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[Turtle]
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Place image published:
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[Philadelphia]
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Image publisher:
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[James & Johnson]
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Image date:
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[1791]
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Image function:
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plate ; following p. 176
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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17.5 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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11.5 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
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20 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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11.5 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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Description:
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Soft-shelled turtle with long snorkle-like snout.
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Source creator:
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Bartram, William, 1739-1823
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Source Title:
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Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee country, the extensive territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the country of the Chactaws
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Source place of publication:
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Philadelphia
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Source publisher:
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Printed by James & Johnson
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Source date:
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M, DCC, XCI. [1791]
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notes:
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Scientific name: Apalone ferox.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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http://www.chelonia.org/Apalone.htm (Jan. 2006)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1949.
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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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North America
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--North America
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