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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
09274
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Record number:
09274-1
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09274-1
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JCB call number:
E799 L311vr (copy 1)
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E799 L311vr (copy 1)
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Image title:
View in the Island of St. Catherine.
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View in the Island of St. Catherine.
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Place image published:
[London]
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[London]
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Image publisher:
[J. Johnson]
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[J. Johnson]
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Image date:
[1799]
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[1799]
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Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 1, following p. 480
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fold-out plate; vol. 1, following p. 480
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Technique:
engraving
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
17.3 cm.
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17.3 cm.
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Image dimension width:
23.5 cm.
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23.5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
20.8 cm.
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20.8 cm.
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Page dimension width:
25.9 cm.
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25.9 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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paper
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Description:
View of a town on the Island of Santa Caterina off the coast of Brazil. In the foreground a black woman converses with a man in military dress, a monk or priest walks with a woman, and a man and monk or priest look toward the town. Includes ships, dwellings, and church.
description
View of a town on the Island of Santa Caterina off the coast of Brazil. In the foreground a black woman converses with a man in military dress, a monk or priest walks with a woman, and a man and monk or priest look toward the town. Includes ships, dwellings, and church.
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Source creator:
La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788
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La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788
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Source Title:
[Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde. English] A voyage round the world in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788 ...
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[Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde. English] A voyage round the world in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788 ...
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Source place of publication:
London
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London
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Source publisher:
Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Churchyard.
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Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Churchyard.
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Source date:
1799
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1799
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notes:
La Perouse stopped at Ilha Santa Caterina off the coast of Brazil in order to supply his ships with food, wood, and water, arriving on November 6, 1785. Text describes the island, originally settled by vagabonds, as very fertile but "destitute of manufactured commodities." Whaling was a major source of income.The French decided to mount a scientific and exploration voyage to rival that of Captain James Cook. Two ships, the Boussole and the Astrolabe, under La Perouse's command left France in August 1785. They spent the summer of 1786 off the coasts of Alaska looking for a northwest passage then sailed down the west coast of North America in August and September 1786. In September they crossed the Pacific Ocean to Asia. They first sailed north and then south to Australia which they reached in January 1788. In mid-March both ships were wrecked on a coral reef near the island of Vanikoro with all hands lost. Thirty years later remains were found, and islanders reported that survivors had built a boat and headed out to sea, but none were ever heard from again.La Perouse sent letters back to Europe from Manila, Macao, and Australia; this is how the voyage is known. In October 1787 he had also sent a Russian-speaking officer, Jean Baptiste Barthélemy, Baron de Lesseps (1766-1834) overland from Kamchatka with documents, charts, and journals. De Lesseps traveled through Siberia to St. Petersburg and then to Paris, arriving late in 1788. In May 1791, when it seemed clear that La Pérouse would not return, the revolutionary government commissioned former army officer Louis Antoine Milet-Mureau (1756-1825) to edit a book from these materials, which was published in Paris in four volumes with an atlas in 1797. A second French edition was required the following year, and English translations appeared in 1798, 1799, 1801, and 1807; German and Dutch editions were published between 1799 and 1804.Image is derived from the original drawn by Duché de Vancy and engraved by le Pagelet for the 1797 French edition.
notes
La Perouse stopped at Ilha Santa Caterina off the coast of Brazil in order to supply his ships with food, wood, and water, arriving on November 6, 1785. Text describes the island, originally settled by vagabonds, as very fertile but "destitute of manufactured commodities." Whaling was a major source of income.The French decided to mount a scientific and exploration voyage to rival that of Captain James Cook. Two ships, the Boussole and the Astrolabe, under La Perouse's command left France in August 1785. They spent the summer of 1786 off the coasts of Alaska looking for a northwest passage then sailed down the west coast of North America in August and September 1786. In September they crossed the Pacific Ocean to Asia. They first sailed north and then south to Australia which they reached in January 1788. In mid-March both ships were wrecked on a coral reef near the island of Vanikoro with all hands lost. Thirty years later remains were found, and islanders reported that survivors had built a boat and headed out to sea, but none were ever heard from again.La Perouse sent letters back to Europe from Manila, Macao, and Australia; this is how the voyage is known. In October 1787 he had also sent a Russian-speaking officer, Jean Baptiste Barthélemy, Baron de Lesseps (1766-1834) overland from Kamchatka with documents, charts, and journals. De Lesseps traveled through Siberia to St. Petersburg and then to Paris, arriving late in 1788. In May 1791, when it seemed clear that La Pérouse would not return, the revolutionary government commissioned former army officer Louis Antoine Milet-Mureau (1756-1825) to edit a book from these materials, which was published in Paris in four volumes with an atlas in 1797. A second French edition was required the following year, and English translations appeared in 1798, 1799, 1801, and 1807; German and Dutch editions were published between 1799 and 1804.Image is derived from the original drawn by Duché de Vancy and engraved by le Pagelet for the 1797 French edition.
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Time Period:
1751-1800
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1751-1800
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Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
Brazil
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Brazil
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Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
Santa Catarina Island (Brazil)
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Santa Catarina Island (Brazil)
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