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:
09230
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09230
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Record number:
09230-9
record_number
09230-9
Record number
false
JCB call number:
E718 F896r
jcb_call_no
E718 F896r
JCB call number
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Image title:
[Mercury processing and llamas]
image_title
[Mercury processing and llamas]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Amsterdam]
place_image_published
[Amsterdam]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[R. & G. Wetstein]
image_publisher
[R. & G. Wetstein]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1718]
image_date
[1718]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate 22; following p. 136
image_function
plate 22; following p. 136
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
16.9 cm.
image_dimensions_height
16.9 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
12.5 cm.
image_dimensions_width
12.5 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
19.8 cm.
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19.8 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
15.5 cm.
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15.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
Materials support
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Languages:
Dutch
languages
Dutch
Languages
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Description:
Two llamas stand before works for processing mercury. Included are a grinding wheel, drying floor, washing basins, and drying ovens.
description
Two llamas stand before works for processing mercury. Included are a grinding wheel, drying floor, washing basins, and drying ovens.
Description
false
Source creator:
Frézier, Amédée François, 1682-1773
source_creator
Frézier, Amédée François, 1682-1773
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Relation du voyage de la mer du Sud aux côtes du Chili, du Pérou, et du Brésil, fait pendant les années 1712, 1713, & 1714. Dutch] Reis-Beschryving door de Zuid-Zee langs de Kusten van Chili, Peru en Brazil
source_title
[Relation du voyage de la mer du Sud aux côtes du Chili, du Pérou, et du Brésil, fait pendant les années 1712, 1713, & 1714. Dutch] Reis-Beschryving door de Zuid-Zee langs de Kusten van Chili, Peru en Brazil
Source Title
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Source place of publication:
Te Amsterdam
source_place_of_publication
Te Amsterdam
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
By R. en G. Wetstein
source_publisher
By R. en G. Wetstein
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1718
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1718
Source date
false
notes:
In 1563, mercury was discovered in Huancavelica in Peru and was used as an amalgamate for silver mining there.This image derived from Frézier, Relation du voyage de la mer du sud aux côtes du Chily et du Perou, Paris, 1716.
notes
In 1563, mercury was discovered in Huancavelica in Peru and was used as an amalgamate for silver mining there.This image derived from Frézier, Relation du voyage de la mer du sud aux côtes du Chily et du Perou, Paris, 1716.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1870.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1870.
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:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Llamas
subject_heads
Llamas
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Mercury mines and mining
subject_heads
Mercury mines and mining
Subject headings
false