Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: En Man från Prints Wiljams Sund.
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Accession number:
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64-69
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Record number:
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64-69-2
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JCB call number:
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D799 V223o
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Image title:
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En Man från Prints Wiljams Sund.
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Place image published:
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[Copenhagen]
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Image publisher:
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[A. Soldin]
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Image date:
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[1799]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate [3]; following p.192
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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13.3 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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9 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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15 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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10.5 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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Languages:
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Danish
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Description:
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Portrait of a native American man from Prince William Sound, present-day Alaska, with facial ornaments and wearing a basket-weave hat.
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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. Danish] Georg Vancouvers opdalgelses reise i de nordlige dele af Sydhavet langs med de vestige kyster af Amerika fra 1790 til 1797
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Source place of publication:
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Kjobenhavn [Copenhagen]
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Source publisher:
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Trykt paa Boghandler A. Soldins Forlag
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Source date:
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1799
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notes:
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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.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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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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Indigenous peoples
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Subject Area:
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Portraits
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Subject headings:
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Indians of North America--Alaska
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Subject headings:
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Eskimos--First contact with Europeans
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