Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: De Insulis nuper in mari Indico repertis
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Accession number:
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0229
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Record number:
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0229-001
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JCB call number:
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H494 V476i
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Image title:
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De Insulis nuper in mari Indico repertis
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Place image published:
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[Basel]
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Image publisher:
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[Johann Bergname de Olpel]
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Image date:
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1494
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Image function:
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plate; verso of leaf [29]
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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11.1 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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7.5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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20.6 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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14.8 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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Inscription:
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Upper left: Facsimile or copy of the 1st Letter of Columbus verbatim, taken from B. as it has the same plates. Mr. Lennox has B. which goes by the name of this Libri's.
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Languages:
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Latin
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Description:
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A European oared galley and smaller boat with Europeans represent Columbus's landfall in the New World. Social interactions include the first encounter of Europeans with native Americans.
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Source creator:
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Verardi, Carlo, 1440-1500
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Source Title:
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[Historia Baetica] In laudem serenissimi Ferdinandi Hispania[rum] regis, Bethicae [et] regni Granatae
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Source place of publication:
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Basel
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Source publisher:
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I[ohann] B[ergmann de Olpel]
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Source date:
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1494
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notes:
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At top of image is "Insula hyspana." This woodcut is the same as the one in Christopher Columbus, De insulis inventis, [Basel, 1493], here with addition of caption outside border, above The image shows Columbus' landing on an island in the Bahamas that the native inhabitants called Guanahani (actual location is disputed).
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
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Subject matter:
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Indians
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References:
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Wolff, H. America, 104
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References exhibitions:
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Danforth, S. Encountering the New World, 1991, cf. Fig. 2.
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1846.
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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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Caribbean islands
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners
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