COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
34362
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34362
Accession number
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Record number:
34362-3
record_number
34362-3
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JCB call number:
F770 H335b / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
F770 H335b / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
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Image title:
[top] De Schans St. Andries, te zien van het Krabben Eyland Oostzynde. [bottom] Redout Samson of Brandwagt
image_title
[top] De Schans St. Andries, te zien van het Krabben Eyland Oostzynde. [bottom] Redout Samson of Brandwagt
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Jacob van der Schley
creator1
Jacob van der Schley
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
fl. 1763-1770
creator1_dates
fl. 1763-1770
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
sculp.
creator1_role
sculp.
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
[Amsterdam]
place_image_published
[Amsterdam]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Garritt Tielenburg ]
image_publisher
[Garritt Tielenburg ]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1770]
image_date
[1770]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; vol. 1, following p. 282
image_function
plate; vol. 1, following p. 282
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
18.6 cm. [both images]
image_dimensions_height
18.6 cm. [both images]
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
13.7 cm.
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13.7 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
27.3 cm.
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27.3 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
21.5 cm.
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21.5 cm.
Page dimension width
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
Materials support
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Languages:
Dutch
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Dutch
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Description:
[top] View of Fort Sint Andries, present-day New Amsterdam, on the Berbice River in present-day Guyana. [bottom] Samson redoubt or signal station, probably on the Berbice River. Includes fortifications, Dutch flags, ship, cannons, and soldier with gun or musket.
description
[top] View of Fort Sint Andries, present-day New Amsterdam, on the Berbice River in present-day Guyana. [bottom] Samson redoubt or signal station, probably on the Berbice River. Includes fortifications, Dutch flags, ship, cannons, and soldier with gun or musket.
Description
false
Source creator:
Hartsinck, Jan Jakob, 1716-1779
source_creator
Hartsinck, Jan Jakob, 1716-1779
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Beschryving van Guiana, of de wildekust, in Zuid-America ... Eerste deel
source_title
Beschryving van Guiana, of de wildekust, in Zuid-America ... Eerste deel
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Te Amsterdam
source_place_of_publication
Te Amsterdam
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
By Garritt Tielenburg
source_publisher
By Garritt Tielenburg
Source publisher
false
Source date:
MDCCLXX [1770]
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MDCCLXX [1770]
Source date
false
notes:
Located on the Berbice River, New Amsterdam, first built in 1740 by the Dutch and named Fort Sint Andries, was made the seat of the Dutch colonial government in 1790, but taken over by the British in 1803. The site of the signal station is presently known as Brandwagt-Sari, Guyana.Hartsinck, a director of the Dutch West India Company (VOC), had access to many VOC documents now lost, as well as to the papers of his father (who had been director of the Surinam Society for 25 years). He was also an official of the Admiralty in Amsterdam and a member of the Zeeland Academy of Sciences.
notes
Located on the Berbice River, New Amsterdam, first built in 1740 by the Dutch and named Fort Sint Andries, was made the seat of the Dutch colonial government in 1790, but taken over by the British in 1803. The site of the signal station is presently known as Brandwagt-Sari, Guyana.Hartsinck, a director of the Dutch West India Company (VOC), had access to many VOC documents now lost, as well as to the papers of his father (who had been director of the Surinam Society for 25 years). He was also an official of the Admiralty in Amsterdam and a member of the Zeeland Academy of Sciences.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
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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
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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:
Fortification--Guyana
subject_heads
Fortification--Guyana
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Berbice River (Guyana)--Description and travel
subject_heads
Berbice River (Guyana)--Description and travel
Subject headings
false