COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
04206
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04206
Accession number
false
Record number:
04206-16
record_number
04206-16
Record number
false
JCB call number:
J631 G685n / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
J631 G685n / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Alligators eat a man]
image_title
[Alligators eat a man]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Frankfurt am Main]
place_image_published
[Frankfurt am Main]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Matthäus Merian]
image_publisher
[Matthäus Merian]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1631]
image_date
[1631]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; [part 1], p. 382
image_function
illustration; [part 1], p. 382
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
15.2 cm.
image_dimensions_height
15.2 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
17.5 cm.
image_dimensions_width
17.5 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
37.1 cm.
page_dimensions_height
37.1 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
22.8 cm.
page_dimensions_width
22.8 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
European soldiers standing in boats watch as a swimmer is eaten by a sea monster or serpent. Also includes spears and exotic animals such as deer or stags, a llama, monkey, birds, rheas [?], and turkeys.
description
European soldiers standing in boats watch as a swimmer is eaten by a sea monster or serpent. Also includes spears and exotic animals such as deer or stags, a llama, monkey, birds, rheas [?], and turkeys.
Description
false
Source creator:
Gottfried, Johann Ludwig, 17th cent.
source_creator
Gottfried, Johann Ludwig, 17th cent.
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Newe Welt und Americanische Historien ...
source_title
Newe Welt und Americanische Historien ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
zu Franctfurt am Mayn [Frankfurt am Main]
source_place_of_publication
zu Franctfurt am Mayn [Frankfurt am Main]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Durch Matthaeum Merian, Buchändlern un Kunststechern
source_publisher
Durch Matthaeum Merian, Buchändlern un Kunststechern
Source publisher
false
Source date:
MDCXXXI. [1631]
source_date
MDCXXXI. [1631]
Source date
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notes:
Text discusses Sir Walter Raleigh and his men traveling through beautiful country on the Orinoco River with plentiful game and describes lagartos or crocodiles [alligators]. A young black man who was in Raleigh's company was eaten by alligators when he jumped into the river to swim. Theodor de Bry and his sons issued a series of books on voyages to America in fifteen parts between 1590 and 1634. In 1631, Gottfried (a printer who had worked on the de Bry volumes) issued this one-volume condensation of all the voyages. He reused many of the plates from the original volumes, but supplemented them with new ones. Theodor de Bry. America. Part 13.
notes
Text discusses Sir Walter Raleigh and his men traveling through beautiful country on the Orinoco River with plentiful game and describes lagartos or crocodiles [alligators]. A young black man who was in Raleigh's company was eaten by alligators when he jumped into the river to swim. Theodor de Bry and his sons issued a series of books on voyages to America in fifteen parts between 1590 and 1634. In 1631, Gottfried (a printer who had worked on the de Bry volumes) issued this one-volume condensation of all the voyages. He reused many of the plates from the original volumes, but supplemented them with new ones. Theodor de Bry. America. Part 13.
notes
false
Time Period:
1601-1650
time_period
1601-1650
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1869.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1869.
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:
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:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Orinoco River (Venezuela and Colombia)--Description and travel
subject_heads
Orinoco River (Venezuela and Colombia)--Description and travel
Subject headings
false