MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record 
Accession number:
05724
Record number:
05724-18
JCB call number:
E686 M253d
Image title:
Carthagene
Place image published:
[Frankfurt am Main]
Image publisher:
[Jean David Zunner]
Image date:
[1686]
Image function:
plate; vol. 5, fig. 37, following p. 200
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
14.5 cm.
Image dimension width:
10.7 cm.
Page dimension height:
20.2 cm.
Page dimension width:
14.2 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
French
Description:
View of Cartagena, present-day Colombia. Includes ships, towers, fortifications, churches, and chain across harbor mouth.
Source creator:
Manesson-Mallet, Allain, 1630?-1706?
Source Title:
Description de l'univers, contenant les differents systemes du monde, les cartes generales & particulieres de la geographie ancienne & moderne ... Tome cinquième
Source place of publication:
Francfourt sur le Main [Frankfurt am Main]
Source publisher:
Chez Jean David Zunner
Source date:
M DC LXXXVI [1686]
notes:
Cartagena was founded in 1533 by Pedro de Heredia. This walled city was attacked by pirates many times.
Time Period:
1651-1700
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912

Carthagene