Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Goyavier; Grand Papaier; Petit Papaier
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Accession number:
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06782
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Record number:
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06782-5
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JCB call number:
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E719 V975a
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Image title:
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Goyavier; Grand Papaier; Petit Papaier
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Place image published:
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[Amsterdam]
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Image publisher:
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[Etienne Roger]
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Image date:
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[1719]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate; following p. 298
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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17.3 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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19.2 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
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21.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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19.5 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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French
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Description:
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Branch of a guava tree. A large papaya, paw paw, or papaw tree and a small papaya tree with native Americans picking and gathering their fruit.
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Source Title:
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Voyages aux côtes de Guinée & en Amerique.
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Source place of publication:
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A Amsterdam
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Source publisher:
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aux depens d'Etienne Roger, marchand libraire...
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Source date:
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MDCCXIX. [1719]
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notes:
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Text praises the guava as one of the most beautiful fruits of the Antilles. The two kinds of papaya trees produce different sizes of fruit. Each of the three images is printed from a separate plate; measurements include all three together.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1870.
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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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Caribbean Islands
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Papaw
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Subject headings:
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Papaya
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Subject headings:
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Guava
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Caribbean area
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Subject headings:
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Botany--Caribbean area
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