Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Manatee]
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Accession number:
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03472
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Record number:
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03472-7
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JCB call number:
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F630 L742b / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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[Manatee]
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Place image published:
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[Leiden]
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Image publisher:
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[Elzeviers]
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Image date:
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[1630]
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Image function:
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illustration; p. 278
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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5 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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13.2 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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31.4 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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20.1 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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Manatee.
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Source creator:
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Laet, Joannes de, 1593-1649
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Source Title:
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[Nieuwe wereldt ofte beschrijvinghe van West-Indien] Beschrijvinghe van West-Indien
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Source place of publication:
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Tot Leyden [Leiden]
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Source publisher:
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bij de Elzeviers.
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Source date:
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1630
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notes:
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This woodcut was also used to illustrate Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, ... Historia naturae, Antwerp, 1735. See 0379-40. Scientific name: Trichechus manatus.Laet was a director and historian of the Dutch West India Company (VOC).
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Time Period:
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1601-1650
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1866.
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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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Spanish America
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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--Mexico
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Subject headings:
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Manatees
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