Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Fort Caroline on the River May]

Accession number: 
08984
Record number: 
08984-169
JCB call number: 
F706 A111n
Image title: 
[Fort Caroline on the River May]
Place image published: 
[Leiden]
Image publisher: 
[Pieter van der Aa]
Image date: 
[1706]
Image function: 
fold-out plate; vol. 16, [part 2], following p. 60
Technique: 
engraving
Image dimension height: 
13 cm.
Image dimension width: 
18.1 cm.
Page dimension height: 
17 cm.
Page dimension width: 
20.8 cm.
Materials medium: 
ink
Materials support: 
paper
Description: 
Fortifications are constructed on a riverbank. In the distance two ships are moored. Includes men rafting, collecting wood, carrying wood, and sawing wood. Triangular fort includes dwellings.
Source Title: 
Naaukeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en land-reysen na Oost en West-Indiën ... zedert het jaar 1524 tot 1526
Source place of publication: 
In het ligt gegeven te Leyden [Leiden]
Source publisher: 
Door Pieter Vander Aa, boekverkoper in de St. Pieters Koor-steeg, in Plato.
Source date: 
1707
notes: 
Text describes the site on the River May (present-day Saint Johns River) chosen by René de Laudonnière and his men to be Fort Caroline.This image derived from Theodor de Bry, America, part 2, plate 9, and follows the special title page for Verscheyde scheeps-togten na Florida, door Pontius, Ribald, Laudonniere, Gourgues en andere: Gedaan Anno 1562 ... , Leiden, 1706.This collection of voyages consists of 127 parts, each having a special title page, separate pagination, and register. The voyages covering the period from 1246 to 1696 are arranged chronologically.
Time Period: 
1701-1750
Provenance/Donor: 
Acquired before 1849.
Owner and copyright: 
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area: 
North America
Subject Area: 
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject headings: 
Florida--History--Huguenot colony, 1562-1565
Subject headings: 
Fortification