COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
8274
accession_no
8274
Accession number
false
Record number:
8274-1
record_number
8274-1
Record number
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JCB call number:
J575 B825c / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
J575 B825c / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[left] Mexico, Regia & Celebris Hispaniae Novae Civitas. [right] Cusco, Regni Peru In Novo orbe Caput.
image_title
[left] Mexico, Regia & Celebris Hispaniae Novae Civitas. [right] Cusco, Regni Peru In Novo orbe Caput.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Antwerp]
place_image_published
[Antwerp]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[G. van den Rade]
image_publisher
[G. van den Rade]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1575]
image_date
[1575]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate 58
image_function
plate 58
Image function
false
Technique:
etching, engraving
technique
etching, engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
27.1 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
27.1 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
47.6 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_width
47.6 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
40.7 cm.
page_dimensions_height
40.7 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
53.3 cm.
page_dimensions_width
53.3 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Latin
languages
Latin
Languages
false
Description:
Bird's-eye views of Mexico City and Cuzco. The view of Mexico City or Tenochtitlán includes causeways, dikes, the central plaza with temples and the statue of an idol, people boating, outlying settlements around Lake Texcoco, and three native Americans in
description
Bird's-eye views of Mexico City and Cuzco. The view of Mexico City or Tenochtitlán includes causeways, dikes, the central plaza with temples and the statue of an idol, people boating, outlying settlements around Lake Texcoco, and three native Americans in
Description
false
Source creator:
Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1-1622
source_creator
Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1-1622
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Civitates orbis terrarum
source_title
Civitates orbis terrarum
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Antwerpiae [Antwerp]
source_place_of_publication
Antwerpiae [Antwerp]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Apud Aegidium Radeum
source_publisher
Apud Aegidium Radeum
Source publisher
false
Source date:
MDLXXV [1575]
source_date
MDLXXV [1575]
Source date
false
notes:
This is the first example of a systematic atlas of cities and was meant to complement Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Georg Braun was a priest and geographer. Although neither print is signed, the engravers are known to be Frans Hogenberg (1538-1590)
notes
This is the first example of a systematic atlas of cities and was meant to complement Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Georg Braun was a priest and geographer. Although neither print is signed, the engravers are known to be Frans Hogenberg (1538-1590)
notes
false
Time Period:
1492-1600
time_period
1492-1600
Time Period
false
References:
Braun, Georg, Civitates orbis terrarum, 1572-1618... With an introduction by R. A. Skelton, Amsterdam, 1965.
references_
Braun, Georg, Civitates orbis terrarum, 1572-1618... With an introduction by R. A. Skelton, Amsterdam, 1965.
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1912.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1912.
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:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
subject_groups
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Cuzco (Peru)
subject_heads
Cuzco (Peru)
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Mexico City (Mexico)
subject_heads
Mexico City (Mexico)
Subject headings
false