COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images mediaCollectionId JCB~1~1 JCB Archive of Early American Images Collection true
Record
Accession number:
0649 accession_no 0649 Accession number false
Record number:
0649-8 record_number 0649-8 Record number false
JCB call number:
B554 C569pb (copy 2) jcb_call_no B554 C569pb (copy 2) JCB call number false
Image title:
Cerro de Potosi image_title Cerro de Potosi Image title false
Place image published:
[Antwerp] place_image_published [Antwerp] Place image published false
Image publisher:
[Jean Bellère] image_publisher [Jean Bellère] Image publisher false
Image date:
[1554] image_date [1554] Image date false
Image function:
illustration; recto leaf 260 image_function illustration; recto leaf 260 Image function false
Technique:
woodcut technique woodcut Technique false
Image dimension height:
5 cm. image_dimensions_height 5 cm. Image dimension height false
Image dimension width:
6.4 cm. image_dimensions_width 6.4 cm. Image dimension width false
Page dimension height:
14.5 cm. page_dimensions_height 14.5 cm. Page dimension height false
Page dimension width:
8.9 cm. page_dimensions_width 8.9 cm. Page dimension width false
Materials medium:
ink materials_medium ink Materials medium false
Materials support:
paper materials_support paper Materials support false
Languages:
Spanish languages Spanish Languages false
Description:
Town and mountain of Potosí. Includes a view of the churches, dwellings, and town square (with decapitated head on a pike) of the settlement. Also includes river and paths up the mountain along with an indication of the different veins of silver. description Town and mountain of Potosí. Includes a view of the churches, dwellings, and town square (with decapitated head on a pike) of the settlement. Also includes river and paths up the mountain along with an indication of the different veins of silver. Description false
Source creator:
Cieza de León, Pedro de, 1518-1560 source_creator Cieza de León, Pedro de, 1518-1560 Source creator false
Source Title:
[La chronica de Peru. Part 1] Chronica del Peru ... source_title [La chronica de Peru. Part 1] Chronica del Peru ... Source Title false
Source place of publication:
An Anvers [Antwerp] source_place_of_publication An Anvers [Antwerp] Source place of publication false
Source publisher:
Por Juan Bellero ala enseña del Salmon source_publisher Por Juan Bellero ala enseña del Salmon Source publisher false
Source date:
M. D. LIIII. [1554] source_date M. D. LIIII. [1554] Source date false
notes:
The mines at Potosí in Peru were discovered by Diego Hualca in 1544. The silver mines there were among the richest in the world. notes The mines at Potosí in Peru were discovered by Diego Hualca in 1544. The silver mines there were among the richest in the world. notes false
Time Period:
1492-1600 time_period 1492-1600 Time Period false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1870. provenance_or_donor Acquired before 1870. 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:
Spanish America geographic_areas Spanish America geographic area false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans subject_groups Geography, maps, city views and plans Subject Area false
Subject headings:
Silver mines and mining subject_heads Silver mines and mining Subject headings false
Subject headings:
Potosí (Peru)--Description and travel subject_heads Potosí (Peru)--Description and travel Subject headings false
Subject headings:
Mines and mineral resources--Peru subject_heads Mines and mineral resources--Peru Subject headings false

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