Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [top] Colymbus Glocitans. [bottom] Colymbus Grylle.
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Accession number:
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03420
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Record number:
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03420-15
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JCB call number:
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D818 O66g / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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[top] Colymbus Glocitans. [bottom] Colymbus Grylle.
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Creator 1:
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S. Koenig
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Creator 1 role:
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del.
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Creator 2:
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G. Cooke
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Creator 2 role:
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sc.
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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Baldwin, Cradock & Joy
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Image date:
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1818
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Image function:
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plate 14; following p. 146
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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25.7 cm. (both images)
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Image dimension width:
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17.5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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27.8 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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21 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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Languages:
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Latin
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Description:
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Profile views of two seabirds in the water. At top is Colymbus glocitans; at bottom is Columbus grylle or the little auk.
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Source creator:
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O'Reilly, Bernard
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Source Title:
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Greenland, the adjacent seas, and the North-west Passage to the Pacific Ocean, illustrated in a voyage to Davis's Strait, during the summer of 1817. ...
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 47, Paternoster-Row.
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Source date:
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1818
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notes:
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The bird at top is also referred to as a roch in the text. Colymbus Grylle is known as the dovekie or little auk. Its scientific name is alle alle. This voyage was made by the whaling ship Thomas with O'Reilly serving as ship's surgeon. O'Reilly claims to have discovered the Linnaean Island Chain and is confident of the discovery of a northwest passage. Although O'Reilly made many of the observations in the book, it is believed that large parts of the text were plagiarised from the lectures of Professor von Giesecke.Title page states that the plates are taken from drawings done by the author on the spot.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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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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Arctic
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Arctic regions
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Subject headings:
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Sea birds--Arctic regions
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Subject headings:
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Zoology--Arctic regions
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