Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Natives of Oonalashka, and their Habitations.
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Accession number:
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29551
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Record number:
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29551-15
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JCB call number:
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D784 C771vo / 3-SIZE
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Image title:
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Natives of Oonalashka, and their Habitations.
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Creator 1:
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John Webber
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Creator 1 dates:
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1752-1793
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Creator 1 role:
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del.
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Creator 2:
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J. Hall
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Creator 2 role:
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sc.
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Creator 3:
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Samuel Middiman
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Creator 3 dates:
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ca. 1750-1831
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Creator 3 role:
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sc.
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[W. and A. Strahan]
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Image date:
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[1784]
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Image function:
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plate 57; vol. 3
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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21.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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37.6 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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55 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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40.2 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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Description:
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Native American Aleut men, women, and children stand on a shore near their dwellings. Includes kayaks or canoes, drying clothing and fish [?], men paddling kayaks, and fishing or hunting equipment such as a net.
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Source creator:
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Cook, James, 1728-1779
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Source Title:
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A voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern hemisphere, to determine the position and extent of the west side of North America ... [Vol. 3]
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed by W. and A. Strahan: for G. Nicol, bookseller to His Majesty, in the Strand and T. Cadell, in the Strand
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Source date:
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MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]
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notes:
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Cook's expedition reached Unalaska in July, 1778. Unalaska is the name of both a city and an island in the Aleutian chain in present-day Alaska. It has been inhabited by the Aleuts for centuries.John Webber accompanied Cook on his third voyage to the Pacific.One of the engravers may be John Hall, English, 1739-1797.Image placed horizontally on page.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1944.
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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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North 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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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Aleuts--Dwellings--Alaska
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