MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
8984
Record number:
08984-19
JCB call number:
F706 A111n
Image title:
[European soldiers battle other Europeans]
Place image published:
[Leiden]
Image publisher:
[Pieter van der Aa]
Image date:
[1707]
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 4, [part 1], following p. 26
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
12.7 cm.
Image dimension width:
17.9 cm.
Page dimension height:
16.8 cm.
Page dimension width:
19.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
European soldiers battle other Europeans. In the foreground, native Americans offer to transport people in canoes. Includes scene of warfare.
Source Title:
Naaukeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en land-reysen na Oost en West-Indiën ... zedert het jaar 1492 tot 1499
Source place of publication:
In het ligt gegeven te Leyden [Leiden]
Source publisher:
Door Pieter Vander Aa, boekverkoper in de St. Pieters Koor-steeg, in Plato.
Source date:
1707
notes:
On May 29, 1504, Christopher Columbus and his men arrived in Jamaica where Francisco Porras and his brother tried to prevent his coming ashore. Porras was eventually arrested.Image derived from Theodor de Bry, America, Pt. 4, plate 14.This image follows the special title page for Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Rampspoedige water-togt door Franciscus de Porras, Leiden, 1706.This collection of voyages consists of 127 parts, each having a special title page, separate pagination, and register. The voyages covering the period from 1246 to 1696 are arranged chronologically.
Time Period:
1701-1750
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1849.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Conquerors--Caribbean area
Subject headings:
Indians of the West Indies--First contact with Europeans

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