COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
35269
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35269
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Record number:
35269-3
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35269-3
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JCB call number:
G746 E29b
jcb_call_no
G746 E29b
JCB call number
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Image title:
[Seals and bears of Greenland]
image_title
[Seals and bears of Greenland]
Image title
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Place image published:
[Delft]
place_image_published
[Delft]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Reinier Boitet]
image_publisher
[Reinier Boitet]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1746]
image_date
[1746]
Image date
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Image function:
plate; following p. 48
image_function
plate; following p. 48
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
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Image dimension height:
16.9 cm.
image_dimensions_height
16.9 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
10.9 cm.
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10.9 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
20.2 cm.
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20.2 cm.
Page dimension height
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Page dimension width:
14.7 cm.
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14.7 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
Materials support
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Languages:
Dutch
languages
Dutch
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Description:
Inuit hunting and animals of Greenland. In the background an Inuit and a pack of dogs kill a bear near the Inuit's dogs and dogsled. Also includes a fox. In the foreground a seal or sea lion defends its calf against a bear's attack.
description
Inuit hunting and animals of Greenland. In the background an Inuit and a pack of dogs kill a bear near the Inuit's dogs and dogsled. Also includes a fox. In the foreground a seal or sea lion defends its calf against a bear's attack.
Description
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Source creator:
Egede, Hans, 1686-1758
source_creator
Egede, Hans, 1686-1758
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false
Source Title:
[Gamle Grønlands nye perlustration. Dutch] Beschryving van Oud-Groenland, of eigentlyk van de zoogenaamde Straat Davis ...
source_title
[Gamle Grønlands nye perlustration. Dutch] Beschryving van Oud-Groenland, of eigentlyk van de zoogenaamde Straat Davis ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Te Delft
source_place_of_publication
Te Delft
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false
Source publisher:
By Reinier Boitet
source_publisher
By Reinier Boitet
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false
Source date:
1746
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1746
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notes:
The bear is most likely a polar bear, Ursus maritimus. One of the seals is probably the hooded seal. In 1721 Hans Egede, with the permission of the united kingdom of Denmark-Norway, founded a trading company and a Lutheran mission near present-day Nuuk (Godthåb). He had hoped to rediscover and reestablish the original Norse colonies on Greenland. He published the first book in an Inuit language in 1742. This translation into Dutch was based on the second and longer Danish publication of this work, which appeared in 1741. Cf. Hans Egede, Det gamle Grønlands nye perlustration, Copenhagen, 1741 (#01609-6) for the original version of this image.
notes
The bear is most likely a polar bear, Ursus maritimus. One of the seals is probably the hooded seal. In 1721 Hans Egede, with the permission of the united kingdom of Denmark-Norway, founded a trading company and a Lutheran mission near present-day Nuuk (Godthåb). He had hoped to rediscover and reestablish the original Norse colonies on Greenland. He published the first book in an Inuit language in 1742. This translation into Dutch was based on the second and longer Danish publication of this work, which appeared in 1741. Cf. Hans Egede, Det gamle Grønlands nye perlustration, Copenhagen, 1741 (#01609-6) for the original version of this image.
notes
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Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1874.
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
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geographic area:
Arctic
geographic_areas
Arctic
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false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Seals (Animals)--Greenland
subject_heads
Seals (Animals)--Greenland
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Zoology--Greenland
subject_heads
Zoology--Greenland
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Inuit--Hunting--Greenland
subject_heads
Inuit--Hunting--Greenland
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Greenland
subject_heads
Natural history--Greenland
Subject headings
false