COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
34352
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34352
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Record number:
34352-1
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34352-1
Record number
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JCB call number:
D770 D757n / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
D770 D757n / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
The Indians Astonished at the Eclipse of the Moon foretold by Columbus.
image_title
The Indians Astonished at the Eclipse of the Moon foretold by Columbus.
Image title
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Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[J. Cooke]
image_publisher
[J. Cooke]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1770]
image_date
[1770]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; following p. 32
image_function
plate; following p. 32
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
18.3 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
18.3 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
25.2 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_width
25.2 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
35.9 cm.
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35.9 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
23 cm.
page_dimensions_width
23 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English
languages
English
Languages
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Description:
Native Americans in feathered headdresses and garments kneel before and gaze on a lunar eclipse. Also includes ship with sailors landing in a boat, fruits and birds for food, dwellings, anchor, spear, bows, and arrows.
description
Native Americans in feathered headdresses and garments kneel before and gaze on a lunar eclipse. Also includes ship with sailors landing in a boat, fruits and birds for food, dwellings, anchor, spear, bows, and arrows.
Description
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Source creator:
Drake, Edward Cavendish
source_creator
Drake, Edward Cavendish
Source creator
false
Source Title:
A new universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels, from the earliest accounts to the present time ...
source_title
A new universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels, from the earliest accounts to the present time ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakepear's Head, in Pater-Noster-Row
source_publisher
Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakepear's Head, in Pater-Noster-Row
Source publisher
false
Source date:
MDCCLXX [1770]
source_date
MDCCLXX [1770]
Source date
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notes:
Christopher Columbus used his foreknowledge of a total eclipse of the moon on February 29, 1504 (on his fourth voyage) to convince the natives of his supernatural powers and to persuade them to bring him and his starving crew food. Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
Christopher Columbus used his foreknowledge of a total eclipse of the moon on February 29, 1504 (on his fourth voyage) to convince the natives of his supernatural powers and to persuade them to bring him and his starving crew food. Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1874.
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
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Indians of the West Indies
subject_heads
Indians of the West Indies
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Indians--First contact with Europeans
subject_heads
Indians--First contact with Europeans
Subject headings
false