COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
09369
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09369
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Record number:
09369-4
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09369-4
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JCB call number:
E798 L311v1
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E798 L311v1
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Image title:
Insects.
image_title
Insects.
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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:
[1798]
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[1798]
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Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 3, following p. 224
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fold-out plate; vol. 3, following p. 224
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Technique:
engraving
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
18 cm.
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18 cm.
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Image dimension width:
23.3 cm.
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23.3 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:
27 cm.
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27 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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Description:
A creature found in the waters of Nootka (figs. 1, 2, 3); a creature that attaches itself to fish found in the water between Nootka and Monterey, California (figs. 4, 5); a creature of the species pennatula or lernaea that sucks the blood of fish and burrows into their flesh (fig. 6); a creature with an exoskeleton found in the ear of a fish at Nootka (fig. 7); a creature that attaches itself to fish (fig. 8); a leech-like creature found in a shark's liver (figs. 9, 10); the oniscus physodes of Linnaeus [a kind of louse?] (fig. 11); globules [immature jellyfish?] (fig. 12); medusa or jellyfish (figs. 13, 14) found at the Bashee Islands; gelatinous lizard-like creature found at the Bashee Islands (figs. 15, 16).
description
A creature found in the waters of Nootka (figs. 1, 2, 3); a creature that attaches itself to fish found in the water between Nootka and Monterey, California (figs. 4, 5); a creature of the species pennatula or lernaea that sucks the blood of fish and burrows into their flesh (fig. 6); a creature with an exoskeleton found in the ear of a fish at Nootka (fig. 7); a creature that attaches itself to fish (fig. 8); a leech-like creature found in a shark's liver (figs. 9, 10); the oniscus physodes of Linnaeus [a kind of louse?] (fig. 11); globules [immature jellyfish?] (fig. 12); medusa or jellyfish (figs. 13, 14) found at the Bashee Islands; gelatinous lizard-like creature found at the Bashee Islands (figs. 15, 16).
Description
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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, ... Vol. III.
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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, ... Vol. III.
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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 Church Yard.
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Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard.
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Source date:
1798
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1798
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notes:
The Bashee Islands are between the Philippines and Taiwan.Translation of: Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde; a different translation from that of the London : G.G. & J. Robinson, 1798 edition.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.
notes
The Bashee Islands are between the Philippines and Taiwan.Translation of: Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde; a different translation from that of the London : G.G. & J. Robinson, 1798 edition.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.
notes
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Time Period:
1751-1800
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1751-1800
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References:
http://www.american… (Oct. 2006)
references_
http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-131/summary/index.asp (Oct. 2006)
References
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
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geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
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Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
Natural history--North America
subject_heads
Natural history--North America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Insects--Parasites
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Insects--Parasites
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false