Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [De las costumbres destos Indios, y de las armas que vsan, y de las cerimonias que lienen, y quien fue el fundador dela ciudad de Antiocha]
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Accession number:
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0840
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Record number:
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0840-001
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JCB call number:
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B553 C569p /1-SIZE
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Image title:
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[De las costumbres destos Indios, y de las armas que vsan, y de las cerimonias que lienen, y quien fue el fundador dela ciudad de Antiocha]
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Place image published:
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[Seville]
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Image publisher:
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[Martin de Montesdoca]
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Image date:
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1553
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Image function:
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illustration; verso of leaf xiii
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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7.5 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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7.3 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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27.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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18.5 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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Spanish
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Description:
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Masons build a wall while an overseer directs their work.
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Source creator:
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Cieza de León, Pedro de, 1518-1554
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Source Title:
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[La chronica de Peru. Part 1] Parte Primera dela chronica del Peru
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Source place of publication:
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Seville
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Source publisher:
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[En casa de Martin de Montesdoca]
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Source date:
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1553
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notes:
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Text here refers to the city of Antiocha [Antioquia, Colombia?], but this is a generic image of masons probably intended to represent native American workers. The same woodcut is used many times in book to illustrate the building of other towns. Image title taken from chapter title.
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1866
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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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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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Peru--History--Conquest, 1522-1548
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