COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
07598
accession_no
07598
Accession number
false
Record number:
07598-040
record_number
07598-040
Record number
false
JCB call number:
E575 T418c / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
E575 T418c / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[De l'arbre choine.]
image_title
[De l'arbre choine.]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Pierre L'Huillier]
image_publisher
[Pierre L'Huillier]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1575]
image_date
[1575]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; vol. 2, recto leaf 953
image_function
illustration; vol. 2, recto leaf 953
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
16.8 cm.
image_dimensions_height
16.8 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
10.6 cm.
image_dimensions_width
10.6 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
36 cm.
page_dimensions_height
36 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
23.8 cm.
page_dimensions_width
23.8 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Native American man, woman, and child sit under a tree with large fruits or nuts.
description
Native American man, woman, and child sit under a tree with large fruits or nuts.
Description
false
Source creator:
Thevet, André, 1502-1590
source_creator
Thevet, André, 1502-1590
Source creator
false
Source Title:
La cosmographie vniuerselle ... Tome seconde
source_title
La cosmographie vniuerselle ... Tome seconde
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Paris
source_place_of_publication
A Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
chez Pierre L'Huillier, rue Sainct Iaques, à l'Oliuier
source_publisher
chez Pierre L'Huillier, rue Sainct Iaques, à l'Oliuier
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1575
source_date
1575
Source date
false
notes:
This may be a calabash tree, Crescentia cujete, which produces large spherical fruit used by native Americans as containers. The text describes a tree with large oval inedible fruit like ostrich eggs used by the natives for drinking vessels.This woodcut is the same one found in Thevet, Les singularitez de la France Antarctique, Paris, 1558.Thevet, a Franciscan monk, traveled to Brazil with Nicolas Durand, chevalier de Villegagnon. He stayed only ten weeks, returning to France in 1556, and wrote Les singularitez de la France Antarctique from his own observations and those of others. As a result of the popularity of Les singularitez, Thevet received the position of cosmographer to the French court and wrote this book, an account of the known world.Title is from marginal gloss.
notes
This may be a calabash tree, Crescentia cujete, which produces large spherical fruit used by native Americans as containers. The text describes a tree with large oval inedible fruit like ostrich eggs used by the natives for drinking vessels.This woodcut is the same one found in Thevet, Les singularitez de la France Antarctique, Paris, 1558.Thevet, a Franciscan monk, traveled to Brazil with Nicolas Durand, chevalier de Villegagnon. He stayed only ten weeks, returning to France in 1556, and wrote Les singularitez de la France Antarctique from his own observations and those of others. As a result of the popularity of Les singularitez, Thevet received the position of cosmographer to the French court and wrote this book, an account of the known world.Title is from marginal gloss.
notes
false
Time Period:
1492-1600
time_period
1492-1600
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1875.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1875.
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:
Brazil
geographic_areas
Brazil
geographic 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:
Indians of South America--Brazil
subject_heads
Indians of South America--Brazil
Subject headings
false