COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
04762
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04762
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Record number:
04762-8
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04762-8
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JCB call number:
E700 F927r
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E700 F927r
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Image title:
Debouquement des Antilles par St Thomas
image_title
Debouquement des Antilles par St Thomas
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Place image published:
[Paris]
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[Paris]
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false
Image publisher:
[Nicolas Le Gras]
image_publisher
[Nicolas Le Gras]
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false
Image date:
[1700]
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[1700]
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Image function:
fold-out plate; following p. 202
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fold-out plate; following p. 202
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Technique:
engraving
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
15.8 cm.
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15.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
12.2 cm.
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12.2 cm.
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Page dimension height:
18.2 cm.
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18.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
14 cm.
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14 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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Languages:
French
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French
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Description:
[top] Map of part of the Caribbean Sea, especially the Virgin Islands, including Saint Croix and Saint Thomas. Cartographic elements include compass rose, scale, route taken by the expedition, line of longitude and line of latitude, and topographical details. [bottom] View of a port on the island of Saint Thomas. Includes dwellings, fortification, and ships.
description
[top] Map of part of the Caribbean Sea, especially the Virgin Islands, including Saint Croix and Saint Thomas. Cartographic elements include compass rose, scale, route taken by the expedition, line of longitude and line of latitude, and topographical details. [bottom] View of a port on the island of Saint Thomas. Includes dwellings, fortification, and ships.
Description
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Source creator:
Froger, François, b. 1676
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Froger, François, b. 1676
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Source Title:
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. ...
source_title
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:
A Paris
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A Paris
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Source publisher:
Chez Nicolas Le Gras, au troisième Pilier de la grande Salle du Palais, à l'L couronnée.
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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:
M. DCC. [1700]
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M. DCC. [1700]
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notes:
Froger notes that French Saint Croix was known for sugar, cotton, indigo, fowl, and pigs. Dutch Saint Thomas was remarkable for its white cliffs and towers around its fortified port. Sugar and indigo were grown there, but the slave trade with the Spanish on Puerto Rico was more important.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.
notes
Froger notes that French Saint Croix was known for sugar, cotton, indigo, fowl, and pigs. Dutch Saint Thomas was remarkable for its white cliffs and towers around its fortified port. Sugar and indigo were grown there, but the slave trade with the Spanish on Puerto Rico was more important.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.
notes
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Time Period:
1651-1700
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1651-1700
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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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geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
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false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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false
Subject headings:
Virgin Islands--Maps
subject_heads
Virgin Islands--Maps
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false