Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Four remarkable, supported Poles, in Port Townshend, Gulph of Georgia.
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Accession number:
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34094
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Record number:
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34094-1
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JCB call number:
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D798 V223v / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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Four remarkable, supported Poles, in Port Townshend, Gulph of Georgia.
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Creator 1:
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William Alexander
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Creator 1 dates:
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1767-1816
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Creator 1 role:
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del.
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Creator 2:
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John Sykes
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Creator 2 dates:
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1773-1858
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Creator 2 role:
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Sketch taken on the Spot by
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Creator 3:
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James Heath
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Creator 3 dates:
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1757-1834
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Creator 3 role:
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sculp.
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Place image published:
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London
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Image publisher:
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R. Edwards ... J. Edwards... & G. Robinson ...
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Image date:
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1798
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 1, following p. 234
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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15.5 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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23 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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31.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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24 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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View of four poles in Port Townshend, in the Strait of Georgia, present-day Washington state. Includes men rowing in boats.
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Source creator:
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Vancouver, George, 1757-1798
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Source Title:
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A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and round the world ... Vol. I
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row; and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall
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Source date:
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1798
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notes:
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Vancouver named Port Townshend, or present-day Port Townsend, for George Townshend, a British general who served with the force that took Quebec from the French in 1759. Vancouver explored the coast of present-day British Columbia, proving that there was no Northwest Passage at that latitude, and was instrumental in negotiations with the Spanish on possession of Nootka. Image placed horizontally on page.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5291; http://pages.quicksilver.net.nz/jcr/~vancouver2.html#John%20Sykes (Jan. 2006)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1871.
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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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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Washington (State)--Description and travel
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Subject headings:
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Townsend, Port (Wash.)
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