COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
06290
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06290
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Record number:
06290-6
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06290-6
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JCB call number:
E763 P923m
jcb_call_no
E763 P923m
JCB call number
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Image title:
[left] Coupe d'un Moulin á Sucre qui se meut par le moyen des Chevaux ou du Vent; [right] [Tree felling]
image_title
[left] Coupe d'un Moulin á Sucre qui se meut par le moyen des Chevaux ou du Vent; [right] [Tree felling]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Cl. J.B. Bauche]
image_publisher
[Cl. J.B. Bauche]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1763]
image_date
[1763]
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate VI; end of book
image_function
fold-out plate VI; end of book
Image function
false
Technique:
etching
technique
etching
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
16.1 cm.
image_dimensions_height
16.1 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
22.4 cm.
image_dimensions_width
22.4 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
19.7 cm.
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19.7 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
25.5 cm.
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25.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
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paper
Materials support
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Languages:
French
languages
French
Languages
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Description:
At left, section of a sugar mill with windmill. Includes details of the mill or grinding stones. Items in the image are lettered for identification in key in the middle. At right, two native American or black men cut down a tree called a boucan by standing on a platform. Includes axes or hatchets.
description
At left, section of a sugar mill with windmill. Includes details of the mill or grinding stones. Items in the image are lettered for identification in key in the middle. At right, two native American or black men cut down a tree called a boucan by standing on a platform. Includes axes or hatchets.
Description
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Source creator:
Préfontaine, Chevalier de
source_creator
Préfontaine, Chevalier de
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Maison rustique, a l'usage des habitans... de Cayenne.
source_title
Maison rustique, a l'usage des habitans... de Cayenne.
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Paris
source_place_of_publication
A Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Chez Cl. J.B. Bauche, libraire, à Sainte Genevieve, & à Saint Jean dans le desert
source_publisher
Chez Cl. J.B. Bauche, libraire, à Sainte Genevieve, & à Saint Jean dans le desert
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M.DCC.LXIII. [1763]
source_date
M.DCC.LXIII. [1763]
Source date
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notes:
The acomat-boucan or Sloanea caribaea is found in southeastern North America, Venezuela and the Antilles. It is also known as Caribbean burrwood.Préfontaine spent most of his life in Cayenne and wrote on how to set up a plantation there.
notes
The acomat-boucan or Sloanea caribaea is found in southeastern North America, Venezuela and the Antilles. It is also known as Caribbean burrwood.Préfontaine spent most of his life in Cayenne and wrote on how to set up a plantation there.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
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
geographic area:
Guianas
geographic_areas
Guianas
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Tree felling--French Guiana
subject_heads
Tree felling--French Guiana
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Sugar factories--French Guiana
subject_heads
Sugar factories--French Guiana
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Sugar--Manufacture and refining--French Guiana
subject_heads
Sugar--Manufacture and refining--French Guiana
Subject headings
false