Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Ponta Tamandere
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Accession number:
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01631
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Record number:
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01631-57
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JCB call number:
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F671 M765n / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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Ponta Tamandere
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Place image published:
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[Amsterdam]
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Image publisher:
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[Jacob Meurs]
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Image date:
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[1671]
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Image function:
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illustration; p. 511
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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12.6 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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16.5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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31.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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19.4 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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View of naval warfare at Ponta Tamandere in Brazil. Ships are lettered for identification by name in key below. Also includes fortifications and boats.
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Source creator:
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Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683
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Source Title:
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De Nieuwe en onbekende Weereld: of Beschryving van America
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Source place of publication:
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t'Amsterdam
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Source publisher:
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By Jacob Meurs Boek-verkooper en Plaet-snyder, op de Kaisars-graf, schuin over de wester-markt, in de stad Meurs
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Source date:
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1671
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notes:
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Text discusses the skirmish between the Portuguese and the Dutch in 1645 when Admiral Jan Lichthart attempted to crush a Portuguese rebellion under Jeronymo Serrão de Paiva at present-day Tamandaré near Recife, Brazil.
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Time Period:
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1651-1700
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1847.
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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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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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Naval battles
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Subject headings:
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Brazil--History--Dutch conquest, 1624-1654
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