Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Toreau sauvage.]
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Accession number:
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0656
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Record number:
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0656-27
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JCB call number:
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E558 T416sp
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Image title:
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[Toreau sauvage.]
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[Heirs of Maurice de la Porte]
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Image date:
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[1558]
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Image function:
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illustration; verso of leaf 147
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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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10.9 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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20.3 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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15.3 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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Buffalo or wild bull.
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Source creator:
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Thevet, André, 1502-1590
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Source Title:
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[Les singularitez de la France Antarctique] Les singularitez de la France Antarctique autrement nommée Amerique
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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 les heritiers de Maurice de la Porte, au Clos Bruneau, à l'ensiegne S. Claude
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Source date:
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1558
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notes:
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Title is from marginal gloss. Thevet, a Franciscan monk, traveled to Brazil with Nicolas Durand, chevalier de Villegagnon, stayed only ten weeks, and wrote Les singularitez from his own observations and those of others.
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1846.
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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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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Brazil
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