COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
05676
Record number:
05676-21
JCB call number:
D821 H496
Image title:
A Jangada or Catamaran near Pernambuco.
Creator 1:
C. Shoosmith
Creator 1 role:
On Stone by
Creator 2:
James Henderson
Creator 2 dates:
1783?-1848
Creator 2 role:
from a Sketch by
Creator 3:
C. Hullmandel
Creator 3 role:
Printed by
Place image published:
[London]
Image publisher:
[Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown]
Image date:
[1821]
Image function:
plate; following p. 356
Technique:
lithograph
Image dimension height:
16.2 cm.
Image dimension width:
23.7 cm.
Page dimension height:
27.9 cm.
Page dimension width:
21.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Two men sail a raft loaded with cargo near Pernambuco, Brazil.
Source creator:
Henderson, James, 1783?-1848
Source Title:
A history of the Brazil; comprising its geography, commerce, colonization, aboriginal inhabitants, &c, &c, &c.
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row.
Source date:
1821
notes:
The jangada is described as being a raft made of balsa wood with a lateen sail, a paddle used as a rudder, a sliding keel, and a long forked pole on which are hung provisions for the trip.Henderson sailed for Brazil hoping to obtain a position in the British legation. Having failed to do so, he instead gathered material for a book. Nevertheless, his text is based on Manuel Aires de Casal's Corografia brazilica of 1817.Image placed horizontally on page.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Brazil
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Boats and boating--Brazil
A Jangada or Catamaran near Pernambuco.
