COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
08211
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08211
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Record number:
08211-1
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08211-1
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JCB call number:
H704 B479g1
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H704 B479g1
JCB call number
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Image title:
[Columbus demonstrates how to make an egg stand on end]
image_title
[Columbus demonstrates how to make an egg stand on end]
Image title
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Place image published:
[Leiden]
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[Leiden]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Pieter van der Aa]
image_publisher
[Pieter van der Aa]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1704]
image_date
[1704]
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Image function:
fold-out plate; part 1, following p. 8
image_function
fold-out plate; part 1, following p. 8
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
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engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
12.2 cm.
image_dimensions_height
12.2 cm.
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false
Image dimension width:
17.3 cm.
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17.3 cm.
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Page dimension height:
22 cm.
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22 cm.
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Page dimension width:
32.3 cm.
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32.3 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Description:
Christopher Columbus talks at a dining table about the New World. An egg stands on a plate before him while servants carry in food.
description
Christopher Columbus talks at a dining table about the New World. An egg stands on a plate before him while servants carry in food.
Description
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Source creator:
Benzoni, Girolamo, b. 1519
source_creator
Benzoni, Girolamo, b. 1519
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false
Source Title:
[Historia del mondo nuovo. Dutch] De gedenkwaardige West-Indise voyagien, gedaan door Christoffel Columbus, Americus Vesputius en Lodewijck Hennepin ....
source_title
[Historia del mondo nuovo. Dutch] De gedenkwaardige West-Indise voyagien, gedaan door Christoffel Columbus, Americus Vesputius en Lodewijck Hennepin ....
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Source place of publication:
Te Leyden [Leiden]
source_place_of_publication
Te Leyden [Leiden]
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false
Source publisher:
By Pieter van der Aa
source_publisher
By Pieter van der Aa
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false
Source date:
1704
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1704
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notes:
Columbus supposedly showed how the impossible can be possible by demonstrating how an egg can be made to stand on end. He flattened one end and stood it on a plate. This trick originally may be attributed to Brunelleschi who was believed to have used it to demonstrate that the dome of the Florence cathedral, which he designed, was not a physical impossibility. This image is derived from Theodor de Bry's America, Part 4, plate 7. The first part of this book is translated from Benzoni, Historia del mondo nuovo, Venice, 1565 (first two voyages). The second part is Louis Hennepin, Nouvelle decouverte, Utrecht, 1697.
notes
Columbus supposedly showed how the impossible can be possible by demonstrating how an egg can be made to stand on end. He flattened one end and stood it on a plate. This trick originally may be attributed to Brunelleschi who was believed to have used it to demonstrate that the dome of the Florence cathedral, which he designed, was not a physical impossibility. This image is derived from Theodor de Bry's America, Part 4, plate 7. The first part of this book is translated from Benzoni, Historia del mondo nuovo, Venice, 1565 (first two voyages). The second part is Louis Hennepin, Nouvelle decouverte, Utrecht, 1697.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
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
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false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Columbus, Christopher
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Columbus, Christopher
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