Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Ananas
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Accession number:
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04762
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Record number:
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04762-1
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JCB call number:
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E700 F927r
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Image title:
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Ananas
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Creator 1:
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C. Inselin
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Creator 1 role:
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Scul
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[Nicolas Le Gras]
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Image date:
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[1700]
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Image function:
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plate; following p. 76
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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13.2 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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7.9 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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16.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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9 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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French
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Description:
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Pineapple plant.
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Source creator:
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Froger, François, b. 1676
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Source Title:
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Relation d'un voyage fait en 1695. 1696. & 1697. aux côtes d'Afrique, Détroit de Magellan, Brezil, Cayenne, & Isles Antilles, par une escadre des vaisseaux du roy, commandée par Monsieur de Gennes. ...
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Source place of publication:
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A Paris
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Source publisher:
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Chez Nicolas Le Gras, au troisième Pilier de la grande Salle du Palais, à l'L couronnée.
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Source date:
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M. DCC. [1700]
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notes:
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The scientific name for the pineapple is Ananas comosus. The author encountered this fruit in Brazil.Admiral de Gennes had two purposes in this voyage supported by Louis XIV --to create trouble for Spain and to take booty. Six ships sailed ostensibly to establish a colony at the Strait of Magellan. They stopped on the African coast where they raided a fort, taking slaves and goods that were then sold by one of the ships in the Antilles. The other ships continued on to Rio de Janeiro and down the South American coast to the Strait of Magellan, but they had to turn back due to a shortage of food. They returned to La Rochelle in April 1697.
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Time Period:
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1651-1700
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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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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Botany--Brazil
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Subject headings:
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Pineapple
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Brazil
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