COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
mediaCollectionId
JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
02838
accession_no
02838
Accession number
false
Record number:
02838-1
record_number
02838-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
F681 Z49e
jcb_call_no
F681 Z49e
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Title page]
image_title
[Title page]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Amsterdam]
place_image_published
[Amsterdam]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Jan ten Hoorn]
image_publisher
[Jan ten Hoorn]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1681]
image_date
[1681]
Image date
false
Image function:
added engraved title page
image_function
added engraved title page
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
18.1 cm.
image_dimensions_height
18.1 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
14 cm.
image_dimensions_width
14 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
19.4 cm.
page_dimensions_height
19.4 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
15.9 cm.
page_dimensions_width
15.9 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Dutch
languages
Dutch
Languages
false
Description:
A man (the author?) sits holding a book and quill with his feet on a map showing the East and West Indies. Includes allegorical figures of the four continents (including America in feathered headdress and garments), rolls of tobacco, pineapple, box of gold, treasure, woman with fish tail holding a ship, pyramids, parasol, ox or cow, lizard, snake, and cross.
description
A man (the author?) sits holding a book and quill with his feet on a map showing the East and West Indies. Includes allegorical figures of the four continents (including America in feathered headdress and garments), rolls of tobacco, pineapple, box of gold, treasure, woman with fish tail holding a ship, pyramids, parasol, ox or cow, lizard, snake, and cross.
Description
false
Source Title:
[Zeldzaame en gedenkwaardige zee- en land-reizen] Eduward Meltons, Engelsch edelmans, zeldzaame en gedenkwaardige zee- en land-reizen
source_title
[Zeldzaame en gedenkwaardige zee- en land-reizen] Eduward Meltons, Engelsch edelmans, zeldzaame en gedenkwaardige zee- en land-reizen
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
't Amsterdam
source_place_of_publication
't Amsterdam
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
By Jan ten Hoorn, boek-verkooper over 't Oude Heeren-Logement
source_publisher
By Jan ten Hoorn, boek-verkooper over 't Oude Heeren-Logement
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1681
source_date
1681
Source date
false
notes:
A compilation of accounts from various sources, attributed by Tiele to Godofridus van Broekhuizen; Melton is considered a pseudonym.
notes
A compilation of accounts from various sources, attributed by Tiele to Godofridus van Broekhuizen; Melton is considered a pseudonym.
notes
false
Time Period:
1651-1700
time_period
1651-1700
Time Period
false
Visual categories:
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
visual_categories
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
Visual categories
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1861.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1861.
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
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Emblems--America
subject_heads
Emblems--America
Subject headings
false