Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Contrafactur des Hafens zu Acapulco.
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Accession number:
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04206
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Record number:
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04206-25
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JCB call number:
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J631 G685n / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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Contrafactur des Hafens zu Acapulco.
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Place image published:
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[Frankfurt am Main]
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Image publisher:
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[Matthäus Merian]
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Image date:
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[1631]
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Image function:
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illustration; [part 2], p. 39
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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15 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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17.4 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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37.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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22.5 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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German
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Description:
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Bird's-eye view of the bay of Acapulco, Mexico, and the adjacent Bay of Marquez. Includes European ships, compass rose, fortifications, and the town of Acapulco.
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Source creator:
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Gottfried, Johann Ludwig, 17th cent.
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Source Title:
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Newe Welt und Americanische Historien ...
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Source place of publication:
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zu Franctfurt am Mayn [Frankfurt am Main]
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Source publisher:
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Durch Matthaeum Merian, Buchändlern un Kunststechern
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Source date:
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MDCXXXI. [1631]
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notes:
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After leaving Puna, the Dutch fleet sailed to Acapulco, Mexico, to try to intercept the Spanish ship bound for Manilla. The Dutch reached Acapulco on September 28, 1624. Text notes the presence of a recently rebuilt fort on a point of land intended to protect the Manilla ships. Johan Maurits, prince of Nassau-Siegen, ordered the voyage, commanded by Admiral Jacob L'Hermite (or Jacques L'Hermite), as an expedition against Spain. The fleet circumnavigated the globe. Cf. 08299-7 in Journael vande Nassausche vloot ..., Amsterdam, 1626. 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.
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Time Period:
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1601-1650
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1869.
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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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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Acapulco Bay (Mexico)
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