COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
09462
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09462
Accession number
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Record number:
09462-1
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09462-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
E718 L164m (copy 1)
jcb_call_no
E718 L164m (copy 1)
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Aureliana Canadensis, Sinensibus Gin-seng, Iroquoeis Garent-oguen. ...
image_title
Aureliana Canadensis, Sinensibus Gin-seng, Iroquoeis Garent-oguen. ...
Image title
false
Creator 1:
L. Boudan
creator1
L. Boudan
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
del. et sculp.
creator1_role
del. et sculp.
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Joseph Mongé]
image_publisher
[Joseph Mongé]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1718]
image_date
[1718]
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate; following p. 18
image_function
fold-out plate; following p. 18
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
25.7 cm.
image_dimensions_height
25.7 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
28.9 cm.
image_dimensions_width
28.9 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
28 cm.
page_dimensions_height
28 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
33.5 cm.
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33.5 cm.
Page dimension width
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Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
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Languages:
Latin, French
languages
Latin, French
Languages
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Description:
Entire ginseng plant with details of its flower, seed, leaf, and root.
description
Entire ginseng plant with details of its flower, seed, leaf, and root.
Description
false
Source creator:
Lafitau, Joseph-François, 1681-1746
source_creator
Lafitau, Joseph-François, 1681-1746
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Mémoire presenté a Son Altesse royale Monseigneur le duc d'Orleans ... concernant la précieuse plante du gin-seng de Tartarie, découverte en Canada ...
source_title
Mémoire presenté a Son Altesse royale Monseigneur le duc d'Orleans ... concernant la précieuse plante du gin-seng de Tartarie, découverte en Canada ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Paris
source_place_of_publication
A Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
chez Joseph Mongé, ruë S. Jacques vis-à-vis le Collége de Louis le Grand, à Saint Ignace.
source_publisher
chez Joseph Mongé, ruë S. Jacques vis-à-vis le Collége de Louis le Grand, à Saint Ignace.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M.DCC.XVIII. [1718]
source_date
M.DCC.XVIII. [1718]
Source date
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notes:
Lafitau was born in Bordeaux in 1681 and died there in 1746. He became a Jesuit and was appointed to the mission of Sault Saint-Louis in 1711 where he made a study of the customs of the Iroquois. Ginseng, available until then only from China, was potentia
notes
Lafitau was born in Bordeaux in 1681 and died there in 1746. He became a Jesuit and was appointed to the mission of Sault Saint-Louis in 1711 where he made a study of the customs of the Iroquois. Ginseng, available until then only from China, was potentia
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
References:
http://bell.lib.umn… (Apr. 2006)
references_
http://bell.lib.umn.edu/Products/ginseng.html (Apr. 2006)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1870.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1870.
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:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Ginseng
subject_heads
Ginseng
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Botany--Canada
subject_heads
Botany--Canada
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Canada
subject_heads
Natural history--Canada
Subject headings
false