COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
03472
accession_no
03472
Accession number
false
Record number:
03472-5
record_number
03472-5
Record number
false
JCB call number:
F630 L742b / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
F630 L742b / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Hummingbird]
image_title
[Hummingbird]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Leiden]
place_image_published
[Leiden]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Elzeviers]
image_publisher
[Elzeviers]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1630]
image_date
[1630]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; p. 193
image_function
illustration; p. 193
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
2.3 cm.
image_dimensions_height
2.3 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
7.5 cm.
image_dimensions_width
7.5 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
31.4 cm.
page_dimensions_height
31.4 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
20.1 cm.
page_dimensions_width
20.1 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Hummingbird.
description
Hummingbird.
Description
false
Source creator:
Laet, Joannes de, 1593-1649
source_creator
Laet, Joannes de, 1593-1649
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Nieuwe wereldt ofte beschrijvinghe van West-Indien] Beschrijvinghe van West-Indien
source_title
[Nieuwe wereldt ofte beschrijvinghe van West-Indien] Beschrijvinghe van West-Indien
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Tot Leyden [Leiden]
source_place_of_publication
Tot Leyden [Leiden]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
bij de Elzeviers.
source_publisher
bij de Elzeviers.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1630
source_date
1630
Source date
false
notes:
Native only to the Americas, hummingbirds were first identified by Oviedo in 1525 who speculated that they were perhaps a cross between an insect and a bird. This woodcut was also used to illustrate Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, ... Historia naturae, Antwerp, 1735. See 0379-39.Here it appears in text discussing Mexico.Laet was a director and historian of the Dutch West India Company (VOC).
notes
Native only to the Americas, hummingbirds were first identified by Oviedo in 1525 who speculated that they were perhaps a cross between an insect and a bird. This woodcut was also used to illustrate Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, ... Historia naturae, Antwerp, 1735. See 0379-39.Here it appears in text discussing Mexico.Laet was a director and historian of the Dutch West India Company (VOC).
notes
false
Time Period:
1601-1650
time_period
1601-1650
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1866.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1866.
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
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Hummingbirds
subject_heads
Hummingbirds
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Mexico
subject_heads
Natural history--Mexico
Subject headings
false