COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
3363
accession_no
3363
Accession number
false
Record number:
3363-4
record_number
3363-4
Record number
false
JCB call number:
Z M533 1635 / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
Z M533 1635 / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Title page]
image_title
[Title page]
Image title
false
Creator 1:
G. Glo.
creator1
G. Glo.
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
Inv. fecit.
creator1_role
Inv. fecit.
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
London
place_image_published
London
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
Printed for Michaell Sparke, and Samuell. Cartwright. 1635
image_publisher
Printed for Michaell Sparke, and Samuell. Cartwright. 1635
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1637
image_date
1637
Image date
false
Image function:
added engraved title page
image_function
added engraved title page
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
24.6 cm.
image_dimensions_height
24.6 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
15.3 cm.
image_dimensions_width
15.3 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
30.2 cm.
page_dimensions_height
30.2 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
18.9 cm.
page_dimensions_width
18.9 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English, Latin
languages
English, Latin
Languages
false
Description:
Title page showing mythological figure [Atlas] carrying a globe on his back. He stands on figures representing riot, sloth, and oblivion and is surrounded by allegorical figures representing the four continents. America is shown as a native American woman wearing feathered headdress and holding arrows and a tobacco pipe. She sits on a stone next to a leopard and a parrot. In the background, native Americans observe a body being burned on an altar. Also includes two figures representing History [with books] and Geography [with books, pen, quill, navigational instruments such as armillary sphere, back staff, and dividers].
description
Title page showing mythological figure [Atlas] carrying a globe on his back. He stands on figures representing riot, sloth, and oblivion and is surrounded by allegorical figures representing the four continents. America is shown as a native American woman wearing feathered headdress and holding arrows and a tobacco pipe. She sits on a stone next to a leopard and a parrot. In the background, native Americans observe a body being burned on an altar. Also includes two figures representing History [with books] and Geography [with books, pen, quill, navigational instruments such as armillary sphere, back staff, and dividers].
Description
false
Source creator:
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
source_creator
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Atlas minor. English] Historia mundi; or, Mercator's Atlas. Containing his cosmographicall description of the fabricke and figure of the world
source_title
[Atlas minor. English] Historia mundi; or, Mercator's Atlas. Containing his cosmographicall description of the fabricke and figure of the world
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed by T. Cotes, for Michael Sparke and Samuel Cartwright
source_publisher
Printed by T. Cotes, for Michael Sparke and Samuel Cartwright
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1635
source_date
1635
Source date
false
notes:
This engraved title page was added to the volume. A poem facing page describes the figures. The engraver may be George Glover who was active from 1634 to 1652.
notes
This engraved title page was added to the volume. A poem facing page describes the figures. The engraver may be George Glover who was active from 1634 to 1652.
notes
false
Time Period:
1601-1650
time_period
1601-1650
Time Period
false
Visual categories:
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
visual_categories
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
Visual categories
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1907.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1907.
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
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Emblems--America
subject_heads
Emblems--America
Subject headings
false