COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
mediaCollectionId
JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
10791
accession_no
10791
Accession number
false
Record number:
10791-1
record_number
10791-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
J655 G685n2 / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
J655 G685n2 / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Title page]
image_title
[Title page]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Frankfurt]
place_image_published
[Frankfurt]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
Bey denen Merianischen Erben
image_publisher
Bey denen Merianischen Erben
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1655]
image_date
[1655]
Image date
false
Image function:
title page
image_function
title page
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
29.2 cm.
image_dimensions_height
29.2 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
19.2 cm.
image_dimensions_width
19.2 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
34.2 cm.
page_dimensions_height
34.2 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
20.4 cm.
page_dimensions_width
20.4 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Latin, German
languages
Latin, German
Languages
false
Description:
An allegorical figure of America as a woman seated upon the vegetable and mineral riches of the New World. The shell at center containing title of book is flanked by a native American man and woman. At the bottom is a hemisphere showing North and South America; the globe is flanked by two native American men.
description
An allegorical figure of America as a woman seated upon the vegetable and mineral riches of the New World. The shell at center containing title of book is flanked by a native American man and woman. At the bottom is a hemisphere showing North and South America; the globe is flanked by two native American men.
Description
false
Source creator:
Gottfried, Johann Ludwig, 17th cent.
source_creator
Gottfried, Johann Ludwig, 17th cent.
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Newe Welt vnd americanische Historien. Inhaltende warhafftige vnd volkommene Beschreibungen aller west-indianischen Landschafften
source_title
Newe Welt vnd americanische Historien. Inhaltende warhafftige vnd volkommene Beschreibungen aller west-indianischen Landschafften
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Franckfurt[Frankfurt]
source_place_of_publication
Franckfurt[Frankfurt]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Bey denen Merianischen Erben
source_publisher
Bey denen Merianischen Erben
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M.DC.LV. [1655]
source_date
M.DC.LV. [1655]
Source date
false
Time Period:
1651-1700
time_period
1651-1700
Time Period
false
Visual categories:
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
visual_categories
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
Visual categories
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1915.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1915.
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
Commentary:
commentary
<a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a>
Commentary
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish 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:
Emblems--America
subject_heads
Emblems--America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Indians
subject_heads
Indians
Subject headings
false