Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Fishing in the West Indies]
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Accession number:
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08984
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Record number:
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08984-216
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JCB call number:
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F706 A111n
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Image title:
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[Fishing in the West Indies]
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Place image published:
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[Leiden]
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Image publisher:
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[Pieter van der Aa]
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Image date:
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[1706]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate; vol. 20, [part 4], following p. 36
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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12.7 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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17.6 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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17.4 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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21 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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Method of fishing by native Americans. Men catch fish in nets, make boats out of bundles of reeds, and catch whales by hammering plugs into their two blowholes.
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Source Title:
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Naaukeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en land-reysen na Oost en West-Indiën ... zedert het jaar 1524 tot 1526
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Source place of publication:
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In het ligt gegeven te Leyden [Leiden]
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Source publisher:
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Door Pieter Vander Aa, boekverkoper in de St. Pieters Koor-steeg, in Plato.
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Source date:
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1707
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notes:
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Acosta reported that native Americans in the West Indies hunted whales by climbing on the animals' backs and hammering wooden plugs into their blowholes. When the whales suffocated, the fishermen hauled the whales onto a beach.This image is derived from Theodor de Bry, America, part 9, [part 3], plate 1, and follows the special title page for Ontdekking van West-Indien, vlijtig ondersoft, en naauw-keurig aangeteekend, door Joseph d'Acosta ... , 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.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1849.
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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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Caribbean Islands
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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 Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Fishing
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Subject headings:
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Indians of the West Indies--Fishing
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Subject headings:
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Whaling--Caribbean area
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