Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Sloth]
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Accession number:
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01635
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Record number:
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01635-16
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JCB call number:
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F640 L158h / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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[Sloth]
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Place image published:
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[Leiden]
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Image publisher:
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[Bonaventure & Abraham Elsevier]
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Image date:
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[1640]
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Image function:
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illustration; p. 487
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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5.6 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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6.6 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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35 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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22 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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Sloth.
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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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[Beschrijvinghe van West-Indien. French] L'histoire du nouveau monde ...
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Source place of publication:
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A Leyde [Leiden]
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Source publisher:
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Chez Bonaventure & Abraham Elseviers, imprimeurs ordinaires de l'Université
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Source date:
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MDCXL. [1640]
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notes:
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Text discusses the animal described by André Thevet as a haüt and by Léry as an ai. It had the stance of a dog, the face of a monkey, a long neck, and long claws on its feet. This is a three-toed sloth, a member of the genus Bradypus.
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Time Period:
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1601-1650
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1848.
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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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Bradypus
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Brazil
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Subject headings:
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Sloths
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