COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
34094
accession_no
34094
Accession number
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Record number:
34094-11
record_number
34094-11
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D798 V223v / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
D798 V223v / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Port Dick, near Cook's Inlet.
image_title
Port Dick, near Cook's Inlet.
Image title
false
Creator 1:
William Alexander
creator1
William Alexander
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1767-1816
creator1_dates
1767-1816
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
del.
creator1_role
del.
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
Henry Humphrys
creator2
Henry Humphrys
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 dates:
1774-1799
creator2_dates
1774-1799
Creator 2 dates
false
Creator 2 role:
Sketch taken on the Spot by
creator2_role
Sketch taken on the Spot by
Creator 2 role
false
Creator 3:
Benjamin Thomas Pouncy
creator3
Benjamin Thomas Pouncy
Creator 3
false
Creator 3 dates:
d. 1799
creator3_dates
d. 1799
Creator 3 dates
false
Creator 3 role:
sculp.
creator3_role
sculp.
Creator 3 role
false
Place image published:
London
place_image_published
London
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
J. Edwards... & G. Robinson ...
image_publisher
J. Edwards... & G. Robinson ...
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1798
image_date
1798
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; vol. 3, following p. 150
image_function
plate; vol. 3, following p. 150
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
15.6 cm.
image_dimensions_height
15.6 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
23.1 cm.
image_dimensions_width
23.1 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
31.2 cm.
page_dimensions_height
31.2 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
24 cm.
page_dimensions_width
24 cm.
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false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
View of Port Dick, near Cook's Inlet to Prince William's Sound in present-day Alaska. Includes native Americans in canoes or boats; some of the men hold up skins for trade.
description
View of Port Dick, near Cook's Inlet to Prince William's Sound in present-day Alaska. Includes native Americans in canoes or boats; some of the men hold up skins for trade.
Description
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Source creator:
Vancouver, George, 1757-1798
source_creator
Vancouver, George, 1757-1798
Source creator
false
Source Title:
A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and round the world ... Vol. III
source_title
A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and round the world ... Vol. III
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row; and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall
source_publisher
Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row; and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1798
source_date
1798
Source date
false
notes:
Port Dick is a deep bay at the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula. 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.
notes
Port Dick is a deep bay at the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula. 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.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
http://pages.quicks… (Jan. 2006)
references_
http://pages.quicksilver.net.nz/jcr/~vancouver1.html (Jan. 2006)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1871.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1871.
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
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
subject_groups
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Alaska--Description and travel
subject_heads
Alaska--Description and travel
Subject headings
false