COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
8984
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8984
Accession number
false
Record number:
08984-45
record_number
08984-45
Record number
false
JCB call number:
F706 A111n
jcb_call_no
F706 A111n
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Mexicans present gifts to Europeans]
image_title
[Mexicans present gifts to Europeans]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Leiden]
place_image_published
[Leiden]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Pieter van der Aa]
image_publisher
[Pieter van der Aa]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1707]
image_date
[1707]
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 8, [part 2], following p. 110
image_function
fold-out plate; vol. 8, [part 2], following p. 110
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
13.6 cm.
image_dimensions_height
13.6 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
17.9 cm.
image_dimensions_width
17.9 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
17.4 cm.
page_dimensions_height
17.4 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
21.4 cm.
page_dimensions_width
21.4 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Native Americans present gifts of coins, clothes, toads or frogs, vessels, and jewels to a European man sitting on a throne in a stone dwelling. Also includes pots of incense [?], sun disks, feathered headdresses, and spears.
description
Native Americans present gifts of coins, clothes, toads or frogs, vessels, and jewels to a European man sitting on a throne in a stone dwelling. Also includes pots of incense [?], sun disks, feathered headdresses, and spears.
Description
false
Source Title:
Naaukeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en land-reysen na Oost en West-Indiën ... zedert het jaar 1492 tot 1499
source_title
Naaukeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en land-reysen na Oost en West-Indiën ... zedert het jaar 1492 tot 1499
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
In het ligt gegeven te Leyden [Leiden]
source_place_of_publication
In het ligt gegeven te Leyden [Leiden]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Door Pieter Vander Aa, boekverkoper in de St. Pieters Koor-steeg, in Plato.
source_publisher
Door Pieter Vander Aa, boekverkoper in de St. Pieters Koor-steeg, in Plato.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1707
source_date
1707
Source date
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notes:
Associating the arrival of Cortés in 1519 with the prophecy of the white-skinned god Quetzalcoatl returning from the east to reclaim his authority over the Aztecs, Moctezuma initially saw Cortés arrival as the fulfillment of the prophecy and welcomed the Spanish with lavish gifts.This image follows the special title page for Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, De roem-waardige zee- en land-togten door den vermaarden Ferdinandes Cortes ... gedaan na Nieuw-Spanje en Mexico, 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.
notes
Associating the arrival of Cortés in 1519 with the prophecy of the white-skinned god Quetzalcoatl returning from the east to reclaim his authority over the Aztecs, Moctezuma initially saw Cortés arrival as the fulfillment of the prophecy and welcomed the Spanish with lavish gifts.This image follows the special title page for Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, De roem-waardige zee- en land-togten door den vermaarden Ferdinandes Cortes ... gedaan na Nieuw-Spanje en Mexico, 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.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1849.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1849.
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:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540
subject_heads
Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Indians of Mexico--First contact with Europeans
subject_heads
Indians of Mexico--First contact with Europeans
Subject headings
false