MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
01512
Record number:
01512-1
JCB call number:
J664 W761a oblong
Image title:
[Title page]
Place image published:
Gedruckt zu Oldenburg
Image publisher:
[Bey Henrich-Conrad Zimmern]
Image date:
1664
Image function:
fold-out added engraved title page
Technique:
woodcut
Image dimension height:
13.3 cm.
Image dimension width:
19.2 cm.
Page dimension height:
14.8 cm.
Page dimension width:
20.7 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
German
Description:
Scenes from life of Christopher Columbus. Decorative elements include Columbus using a telescope, armillary sphere, and divider, ships, a compass, map of the western hemisphere, native Americans with riches and exotic animals, skull and anchor.
Source creator:
Winckelmann, Johann Just, 1620-1699
Source Title:
Der americanischen Neuen Welt Beschreibung
Source place of publication:
Gedruckt zu Oldenburg
Source publisher:
Bey Henrich-Conrad Zimmern
Source date:
1664
Time Period:
1651-1700
Subject matter:
navigational instruments
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1847.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Columbus, Christopher

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