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:
01927
accession_no
01927
Accession number
false
Record number:
01927-2
record_number
01927-2
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D694 R665a (copy 2)
jcb_call_no
D694 R665a (copy 2)
JCB call number
false
Image title:
The Habits of the Gronelanders.
image_title
The Habits of the Gronelanders.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford]
image_publisher
[Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1694]
image_date
[1694]
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate; following p. 186
image_function
fold-out plate; following p. 186
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
12.8 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
12.8 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
16.2 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_width
16.2 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
19.2 cm.
page_dimensions_height
19.2 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
18.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
18.5 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 American man, woman, and child, each carrying a spear. The man also carries a bow. They wear clothing and boots made of animal (probably seal) skins. Another native American paddles a kayak while aiming a spear at a seal. Includes dwelling.
description
Native American man, woman, and child, each carrying a spear. The man also carries a bow. They wear clothing and boots made of animal (probably seal) skins. Another native American paddles a kayak while aiming a spear at a seal. Includes dwelling.
Description
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Source Title:
An account of several late voyages & discoveries to the south and north. Towards the Streights of Magellan, the South Seas, the vast tracts of land beyond Hollandia Nova, &c. Also towards Nova Zembla, Greenland or Spitsberg, Groynland or Engrondland, &c.
source_title
An account of several late voyages & discoveries to the south and north. Towards the Streights of Magellan, the South Seas, the vast tracts of land beyond Hollandia Nova, &c. Also towards Nova Zembla, Greenland or Spitsberg, Groynland or Engrondland, &c.
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, printers to the Royal Society, at the Prince's Arms in S. Paul's Churchyard
source_publisher
Printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, printers to the Royal Society, at the Prince's Arms in S. Paul's Churchyard
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1694
source_date
1694
Source date
false
notes:
Image is found in a supplement to the voyage of Captain John Wood and Friedrich Martens (1635-1699) describing their search for a northwest passage to Asia. Martens sailed on the whaler, Jonas im Walfisch, in 1671 as ship's barber/surgeon. Text describes Inuit customs, environment, and character in detail.
notes
Image is found in a supplement to the voyage of Captain John Wood and Friedrich Martens (1635-1699) describing their search for a northwest passage to Asia. Martens sailed on the whaler, Jonas im Walfisch, in 1671 as ship's barber/surgeon. Text describes Inuit customs, environment, and character in detail.
notes
false
Time Period:
1651-1700
time_period
1651-1700
Time Period
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:
Arctic
geographic_areas
Arctic
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Inuit--Hunting
subject_heads
Inuit--Hunting
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Inuit--Clothing
subject_heads
Inuit--Clothing
Subject headings
false