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:
0840
accession_no
0840
Accession number
false
Record number:
0840-010
record_number
0840-010
Record number
false
JCB call number:
B553 C569p /1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
B553 C569p /1-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Cerro de Potosi
image_title
Cerro de Potosi
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Seville]
place_image_published
[Seville]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Martin de Montesdoca]
image_publisher
[Martin de Montesdoca]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1553
image_date
1553
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; verso of leaf cxxii
image_function
illustration; verso of leaf cxxii
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
11 cm.
image_dimensions_height
11 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
15 cm.
image_dimensions_width
15 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
27.5 cm.
page_dimensions_height
27.5 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
18.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
18.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Spanish
languages
Spanish
Languages
false
Description:
Town and mountain of Potosí. Includes a view of the churches, dwellings, and town square (with decapitated head on a pike) of the settlement. Also includes river and paths up the mountain along with an indication of the different veins of silver.
description
Town and mountain of Potosí. Includes a view of the churches, dwellings, and town square (with decapitated head on a pike) of the settlement. Also includes river and paths up the mountain along with an indication of the different veins of silver.
Description
false
Source creator:
Cieza de León, Pedro de, 1518-1554
source_creator
Cieza de León, Pedro de, 1518-1554
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[La chronica de Peru. Part 1] Parte Primera dela chronica del Peru
source_title
[La chronica de Peru. Part 1] Parte Primera dela chronica del Peru
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Seville
source_place_of_publication
Seville
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
[En casa de Martin de Montesdoca]
source_publisher
[En casa de Martin de Montesdoca]
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1553
source_date
1553
Source date
false
notes:
The mines at Potosí in Peru were discovered by Diego Hualca in 1544. The silver mines there were among the richest in the world.
notes
The mines at Potosí in Peru were discovered by Diego Hualca in 1544. The silver mines there were among the richest in the world.
notes
false
Time Period:
1492-1600
time_period
1492-1600
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1866
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1866
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
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
subject_groups
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Mines and mineral resources--Peru
subject_heads
Mines and mineral resources--Peru
Subject headings
false