Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Les femmes se deffende[n]t contre leurs ennemys.]
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Accession number:
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07598
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Record number:
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07598-042
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JCB call number:
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E575 T418c / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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[Les femmes se deffende[n]t contre leurs ennemys.]
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[Pierre L'Huillier]
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Image date:
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[1575]
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Image function:
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illustration; vol. 2, recto leaf 960
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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8.5 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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11 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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36 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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23.8 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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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.
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Source creator:
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Thevet, André, 1502-1590
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Source Title:
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La cosmographie vniuerselle ... Tome seconde
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Source place of publication:
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A Paris
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Source publisher:
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chez Pierre L'Huillier, rue Sainct Iaques, à l'Oliuier
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Source date:
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1575
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notes:
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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.
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1875.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Brazil
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Indians of South America--Warfare--Brazil
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