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:
07598
accession_no
07598
Accession number
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Record number:
07598-042
record_number
07598-042
Record number
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JCB call number:
E575 T418c / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
E575 T418c / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Les femmes se deffende[n]t contre leurs ennemys.]
image_title
[Les femmes se deffende[n]t contre leurs ennemys.]
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 960
image_function
illustration; vol. 2, recto leaf 960
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
8.5 cm.
image_dimensions_height
8.5 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
11 cm.
image_dimensions_width
11 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 women fight men who attack them from a rowboat with bows, arrows, and war clubs. Includes boats, shields made out of turtle shells, and feathered headdresses.
description
Native American women fight men who attack them from a rowboat with bows, arrows, and war clubs. Includes boats, shields made out of turtle shells, and feathered headdresses.
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:
Text describes the Amazons or women warriors.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
Text describes the Amazons or women warriors.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:
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 South America--Warfare--Brazil
subject_heads
Indians of South America--Warfare--Brazil
Subject headings
false