Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Seashells] [top] Trompette de Mer. [middle] Casques. [bottom] Lambis.
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Accession number:
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35892
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Record number:
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35892-82
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JCB call number:
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E742 L114n
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Image title:
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[Seashells] [top] Trompette de Mer. [middle] Casques. [bottom] Lambis.
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[Guillaume Cavelier]
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Image date:
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[1742]
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 8, following p. 324
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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12.9 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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6.5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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16.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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9.8 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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Seashells. [top] Triton's trumpet, [middle] King helmet, and [bottom] Queen conch.
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Source creator:
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Labat, Jean Baptiste, 1663-1738
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Source Title:
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Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amerique ... Tome huitième
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Source place of publication:
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A Paris
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Source publisher:
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Chez Guillaume Cavelier Pere, Libraire, au Lys d'or
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Source date:
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M. DCC. XLII. [1742]
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notes:
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Scientific names: Triton's trumpet (Charonia tritonis), King helmet (Cassis tuberosa), and Queen conch (Strombus gigas). A French Dominican and missionary, Labat was sent to the West Indies from 1693 to 1706. He illustrated much of his work himself.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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References:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charonia; http://park.org/Guests/Shells/Shell_Catalogue/Shell_Pages/T/Shell_Cassis_tuberosa.html; http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Strombus_gigas.html (Apr. 2006)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1874.
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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 headings:
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Natural history--Caribbean area
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