COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
34917
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34917
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Record number:
34917-1
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34917-1
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JCB call number:
D741 A512t
jcb_call_no
D741 A512t
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Image title:
Commerce thus guarded Spain insults no more; But flys dismay'd when British Thunders roar. Nunquam Custodibus illis ...
image_title
Commerce thus guarded Spain insults no more; But flys dismay'd when British Thunders roar. Nunquam Custodibus illis ...
Image title
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Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[J. Fuller]
image_publisher
[J. Fuller]
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false
Image date:
[1741]
image_date
[1741]
Image date
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Image function:
frontispiece
image_function
frontispiece
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
15 cm.
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15 cm.
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false
Image dimension width:
10 cm.
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10 cm.
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false
Page dimension height:
16.7 cm.
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16.7 cm.
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Page dimension width:
10.5 cm.
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10.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Description:
Scene of naval warfare in which a galleon flying British flags fires at another ship. Includes another ship, two boats being rowed, and coastline.
description
Scene of naval warfare in which a galleon flying British flags fires at another ship. Includes another ship, two boats being rowed, and coastline.
Description
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Source Title:
The American traveller; being a new historical collection carefully compiled from original memoirs in several languages, ... containing a compleat account of that part of the world, now called the West Indies, from its discovery by Columbus to the present time. ...
source_title
The American traveller; being a new historical collection carefully compiled from original memoirs in several languages, ... containing a compleat account of that part of the world, now called the West Indies, from its discovery by Columbus to the present time. ...
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Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
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false
Source publisher:
J. Fuller at the Dove in Creed-Lane
source_publisher
J. Fuller at the Dove in Creed-Lane
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false
Source date:
M.DCC.XLI. [1741]
source_date
M.DCC.XLI. [1741]
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notes:
This scene of naval warfare probably relates to the War of Jenkins' Ear, a conflict between Britain and Spain lasting from 1739 to 1741 or 1742 when it became part of the War of the Austrian Succession. By the provisions of the 1729 Treaty of Seville, Britain had agreed not to trade with Spanish colonies, and the Spanish were permitted to board British vessels to verify their compliance. During one such boarding, the captain Robert Jenkins claimed that the Spanish had cut off his ear. Up to 1741 hostilities consisted of the naval engagements of Admiral Edward Vernon in the West Indies.The Latin phrase under the caption comes from Virgil's Georgics, Book 3, line 405. "When thou has such warders of kine and sheep, / Thou shalt dread not the thief in the night, nor the wolf's swift stealthy leap, / Nor the Spanish outlaw who darts unforseen from his lurking place."
notes
This scene of naval warfare probably relates to the War of Jenkins' Ear, a conflict between Britain and Spain lasting from 1739 to 1741 or 1742 when it became part of the War of the Austrian Succession. By the provisions of the 1729 Treaty of Seville, Britain had agreed not to trade with Spanish colonies, and the Spanish were permitted to board British vessels to verify their compliance. During one such boarding, the captain Robert Jenkins claimed that the Spanish had cut off his ear. Up to 1741 hostilities consisted of the naval engagements of Admiral Edward Vernon in the West Indies.The Latin phrase under the caption comes from Virgil's Georgics, Book 3, line 405. "When thou has such warders of kine and sheep, / Thou shalt dread not the thief in the night, nor the wolf's swift stealthy leap, / Nor the Spanish outlaw who darts unforseen from his lurking place."
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
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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false
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
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false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Naval battles--Caribbean area
subject_heads
Naval battles--Caribbean area
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Anglo-Spanish War, 1739-1748
subject_heads
Anglo-Spanish War, 1739-1748
Subject headings
false