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:
80-160
accession_no
80-160
Accession number
false
Record number:
80-160-3
record_number
80-160-3
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D676 P738l / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
D676 P738l / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Christopher Columbus Genevois Vixit, 1493
image_title
Christopher Columbus Genevois Vixit, 1493
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Cambridge]
place_image_published
[Cambridge]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[John Hayes, for William Lee]
image_publisher
[John Hayes, for William Lee]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1676]
image_date
[1676]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration, p. 88
image_function
illustration, p. 88
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
8.5 cm.
image_dimensions_height
8.5 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
6.8 cm.
image_dimensions_width
6.8 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
34.2 cm.
page_dimensions_height
34.2 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
21.1 cm.
page_dimensions_width
21.1 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Portrait of Christopher Columbus holding an astrolabe and pointing to the stars.
description
Portrait of Christopher Columbus holding an astrolabe and pointing to the stars.
Description
false
Source creator:
Thevet, André, 1502-1590
source_creator
Thevet, André, 1502-1590
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres. English] Prosopographia: or, Some select pourtraitures and lives of ancient and modern illustrious personages ...
source_title
[Vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres. English] Prosopographia: or, Some select pourtraitures and lives of ancient and modern illustrious personages ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Cambridge
source_place_of_publication
Cambridge
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed by John Hayes, for William Lee, at the Turks Head in Fleetstreet, over against Fetter Lane, London
source_publisher
Printed by John Hayes, for William Lee, at the Turks Head in Fleetstreet, over against Fetter Lane, London
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1676
source_date
1676
Source date
false
notes:
Text describes Columbus's discovery of the West Indies.
notes
Text describes Columbus's discovery of the West Indies.
notes
false
Time Period:
1651-1700
time_period
1651-1700
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1979.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1979.
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:
Portraits
subject_groups
Portraits
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Columbus, Christopher
subject_heads
Columbus, Christopher
Subject headings
false