Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Birds]
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Accession number:
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0769
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Record number:
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0769-30
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JCB call number:
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E658 R674h (copy 1)
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Image title:
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[Birds]
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Place image published:
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[Rotterdam]
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Image publisher:
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[Chez Arnould Leers]
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Image date:
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[1658]
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Image function:
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illustration; p. 166
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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20 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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14.9 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
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23.3 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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16.5 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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Languages:
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French
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Description:
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Seven birds including: the flamingo, the so-called eagle of the Orinoco, a parrot or parakeet, a hummingbird, a brown pelican, a guineahen (?), and a moorhen.
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Source creator:
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Rochefort, Charles de, 1605-1683
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Source Title:
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Histoire naturelle et morale des iles Antilles de l'Amerique. ...
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Source place of publication:
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Roterdam [Rotterdam]
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Source publisher:
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Chez Arnould Leers
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Source date:
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M.DC.LVIII [1658]
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notes:
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Phoenicopterus ruber ruber is the Caribbean flamingo. The moorhen or poule d'eau belongs to the genus Gallinula. Hummingbirds belong to the family Trochilidae. The grand gosier or brown pelican is Pelecanus occidentalis. The poule pintade is perhaps a guineahen. Guineafowl are African, but had been introduced to the West Indies as domesticated birds. Charles de Rochefort was pastor of the French Protestant Church at Rotterdam and resided for several years in the West Indies. Cf. Labat, Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amerique ... Paris, 1742 (#35892-80) and Le Page du Pratz, Histoire Louisiane, Paris, 1758 (#07049-2)
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Time Period:
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1651-1700
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References:
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http://www.ilab.org/db/detail.php?booknr=305378930; http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Common_Moorhen.html; http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/Flamingos/fscience.htm (May 2008)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Former collection C. L. Duboyer. Acquired in 1846.
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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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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Birds--Caribbean area
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Caribbean area
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Subject headings:
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Ornithology--Caribbean area
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