COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
03390
Record number:
03390-001
JCB call number:
B581 Z36d
Image title:
[Title page] The Riche Mines of Potossi
Place image published:
London
Image publisher:
By Richard Ihones
Image date:
1581
Image function:
title page
Technique:
woodcut
Image dimension height:
9.7 cm.
Image dimension width:
11.2 cm.
Page dimension height:
19.2 cm.
Page dimension width:
13.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
Mine at Potosí. Details include chapel at top, settlement, and dwellings at the bottom. Also seen are the paths up the mountain.
Source creator:
Zarate, Agustín de
Source Title:
The discoverie and conqvest of the prouinces of Peru
Source place of publication:
Imprinted at London
Source publisher:
By Richard Ihones
Source date:
1581
notes:
The mines at Potosí were discovered by Diego Hualca in 1544. The silver mines there were among the richest in the world.
Time Period:
1492-1600
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1865.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings:
Mines and mineral resources--Peru
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