Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Mercury processing and llamas]
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Accession number:
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09230
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Record number:
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09230-9
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JCB call number:
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E718 F896r
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Image title:
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[Mercury processing and llamas]
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Place image published:
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[Amsterdam]
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Image publisher:
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[R. & G. Wetstein]
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Image date:
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[1718]
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Image function:
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plate 22; following p. 136
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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16.9 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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12.5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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19.8 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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15.5 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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Dutch
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Description:
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Two llamas stand before works for processing mercury. Included are a grinding wheel, drying floor, washing basins, and drying ovens.
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Source creator:
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Frézier, Amédée François, 1682-1773
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Source Title:
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[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
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Source place of publication:
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Te Amsterdam
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Source publisher:
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By R. en G. Wetstein
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Source date:
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1718
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notes:
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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.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1870.
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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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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Llamas
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Subject headings:
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Mercury mines and mining
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