COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images mediaCollectionId JCB~1~1 JCB Archive of Early American Images Collection true
Record
Accession number:
06944 accession_no 06944 Accession number false
Record number:
06944-66 record_number 06944-66 Record number false
JCB call number:
D796 S812n / 1-SIZE jcb_call_no D796 S812n / 1-SIZE JCB call number false
Image title:
[top] View of the Settlement called the Jew's Savannah. [bottom] View of the Blue Bergh called Mount Parnassus. image_title [top] View of the Settlement called the Jew's Savannah. [bottom] View of the Blue Bergh called Mount Parnassus. Image title false
Place image published:
London place_image_published London Place image published false
Image publisher:
J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard image_publisher J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard Image publisher false
Image date:
Decr. 1st. 1791 image_date Decr. 1st. 1791 Image date false
Image function:
plate 70; vol. 2, following p. 292 image_function plate 70; vol. 2, following p. 292 Image function false
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring technique engraving, hand coloring Technique false
Image dimension height:
16.3 cm. image_dimensions_height 16.3 cm. Image dimension height false
Image dimension width:
13 cm. image_dimensions_width 13 cm. Image dimension width false
Page dimension height:
29 cm. page_dimensions_height 29 cm. Page dimension height false
Page dimension width:
22.5 cm. page_dimensions_width 22.5 cm. Page dimension width false
Materials medium:
ink, colors materials_medium ink, colors Materials medium false
Materials support:
paper materials_support paper Materials support false
Languages:
English languages English Languages false
Description:
[top] View of the Jewish Savannah on the Surinam River. Built environment includes a tent-boat, other boats, and dwellings. [bottom] View of a settlement at the base of a blue mountain. Built environment includes dwellings and tent boat being pulled by two enslaved Black people. description [top] View of the Jewish Savannah on the Surinam River. Built environment includes a tent-boat, other boats, and dwellings. [bottom] View of a settlement at the base of a blue mountain. Built environment includes dwellings and tent boat being pulled by two enslaved Black people. Description false
Source creator:
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797 source_creator Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797 Source creator false
Source Title:
Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam ... Vol. II. source_title Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam ... Vol. II. Source Title false
Source place of publication:
London source_place_of_publication London Source place of publication false
Source publisher:
Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, & J. Edwards, Pall Mall source_publisher Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, & J. Edwards, Pall Mall Source publisher false
Source date:
1796 source_date 1796 Source date false
notes:
The Jewish Savannah, the first permanent Jewish settlement in the New World, was settled first by Portuguese Jews between 1635 and 1639. During the first half of the eighteenth century, the 2,000 inhabitants of the Jewish Savannah constituted half of Suriname's white population. notes The Jewish Savannah, the first permanent Jewish settlement in the New World, was settled first by Portuguese Jews between 1635 and 1639. During the first half of the eighteenth century, the 2,000 inhabitants of the Jewish Savannah constituted half of Suriname's white population. notes false
Time Period:
1751-1800 time_period 1751-1800 Time Period false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874. provenance_or_donor Acquired before 1874. 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
Commentary:
Add a comment commentary <a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a> Commentary false
geographic area:
Guianas geographic_areas Guianas geographic area false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities subject_groups Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject Area false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans subject_groups Geography, maps, city views and plans Subject Area false
Subject headings:
Suriname--Description and travel subject_heads Suriname--Description and travel Subject headings false

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