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:
06381
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06381
Accession number
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Record number:
06381-3
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06381-3
Record number
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JCB call number:
B704 S687hp1
jcb_call_no
B704 S687hp1
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Isle de Cuba Port Saint Jacques.
image_title
Isle de Cuba Port Saint Jacques.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Compagnie des libraires]
image_publisher
[Compagnie des libraires]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1704
image_date
1704
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 1, following p. 44
image_function
fold-out plate; vol. 1, following p. 44
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
12.2 cm.
image_dimensions_height
12.2 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
17 cm.
image_dimensions_width
17 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
15.9 cm.
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15.9 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
17.7 cm.
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17.7 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
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Description:
European ships sail from a harbor or port. One ship flies a flag reading "In hoc signo Vinces."
description
European ships sail from a harbor or port. One ship flies a flag reading "In hoc signo Vinces."
Description
false
Source creator:
Solis, Antonio de, 1610-1686
source_creator
Solis, Antonio de, 1610-1686
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Historia de la conquista de Mexico. French] Histoire de la conqueste du Mexique ou de la nouvelle Espagne, par Fernand Cortez ...
source_title
[Historia de la conquista de Mexico. French] Histoire de la conqueste du Mexique ou de la nouvelle Espagne, par Fernand Cortez ...
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Source place of publication:
A Paris
source_place_of_publication
A Paris
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false
Source publisher:
Par la compagnie des libraires
source_publisher
Par la compagnie des libraires
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M. DCC. IV. [1704]
source_date
M. DCC. IV. [1704]
Source date
false
notes:
Hernán Cortés was selected to lead the Spanish fleet to Mexico by the governor of Cuba, Diego Velázquez. Juan de Grijalva had explored Mexico's coast, but Cortés would explore and conquer its interior. He was accompanied by Diego de Ordaz, Francisco de Morla, and Bernard Diaz del Castillo.Cf. Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, [Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos], Antwerp, 1728 (07376-56).
notes
Hernán Cortés was selected to lead the Spanish fleet to Mexico by the governor of Cuba, Diego Velázquez. Juan de Grijalva had explored Mexico's coast, but Cortés would explore and conquer its interior. He was accompanied by Diego de Ordaz, Francisco de Morla, and Bernard Diaz del Castillo.Cf. Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, [Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos], Antwerp, 1728 (07376-56).
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
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547
subject_heads
Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540
subject_heads
Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Mexico--History--To 1519
subject_heads
Mexico--History--To 1519
Subject headings
false