Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Bat: the Portuguese
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Accession number:
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29877
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Record number:
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29877-2
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JCB call number:
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F741 E96h1
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Image title:
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Bat: the Portuguese
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Creator 1:
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Fournier
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Creator 1 role:
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del.
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Creator 2:
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Bonneau
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Creator 2 role:
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Sculp.
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[D. Midwinter ... ; T. Woodward ... ; C. Bathurst ... ; and A. Ward]
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Image date:
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[1741]
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 1, following p. 68
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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13.9 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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8.1 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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16.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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9 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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Portrait of the pirate known as Bartholomew Roberts. Includes a sword.
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Source creator:
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Exquemelin, A. O. (Alexandre Olivier)
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Source Title:
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[Americaanse zeerovers. English] The history of the bucaniers of America ...
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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printed for D. Midwinter ... ; T. Woodward ... ; C. Bathurst ... ; and A. Ward ...
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Source date:
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MDCCXLI [1741]
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notes:
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One of the most notorious pirates of his day, Roberts, known as Black Bart, practiced piracy off of the coast of Brazil and in the Caribbean where he was said to have captured over a hundred ships. A translation of Alexander Olivier Exquemelin's 'De Americaanse zeerovers', first published in 1678.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1946.
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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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Brazil
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geographic area:
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Caribbean Islands
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Subject Area:
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Portraits
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Subject headings:
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Pirates--Brazil
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Subject headings:
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Pirates--Caribbean area
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Subject headings:
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Buccaneers
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