Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [De la gran laguna que esta en esta comarca del Collao: y quan honda es: y del te[m]plo de Titicaca]
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Accession number:
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0840
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Record number:
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0840-009
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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 la gran laguna que esta en esta comarca del Collao: y quan honda es: y del te[m]plo de Titicaca]
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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 cxvii
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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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7.2 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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Boatmen on Lake Titicaca with city in background.
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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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Cieza de León's description of Lake Titicaca is the first published account and depiction of it. Two other Spaniards reported seeing it in 1533.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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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Indians of South America
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