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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
03374
Record number:
03374-28
JCB call number:
E558 T416sa
Image title:
[Amazon warriors of Brazil]
Place image published:
[Antwerp]
Image publisher:
[Christophle Plantin]
Image date:
[1558]
Image function:
illustration; verso leaf 121
Technique:
woodcut
Image dimension height:
4.9 cm.
Image dimension width:
6.7 cm.
Page dimension height:
16.4 cm.
Page dimension width:
10 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Native American women (or Amazons) repel the attack of native American men in boats. Includes bows, arrows, shields made out of tortoise or turtle shells, scene of warfare, and feathered headdresses.
Source creator:
Thevet, André, 1502-1590
Source Title:
[Les singularitez de la France Antarctique] Les singularitez de la France Antarctique, autrement nommée Amerique
Source place of publication:
A Anvers [Antwerp]
Source publisher:
De l'imprimerie de Christophle Plantin a la Licorne d'or
Source date:
1558
notes:
Text describes how the Amazons courageously waged war. Cf. 0656-26. Thevet, a Franciscan monk, traveled to Brazil with Nicolas Durand, chevalier de Villegagnon, stayed ten weeks, and wrote his book from his own observations and those of others.
Time Period:
1492-1600
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1865.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Brazil
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Indians of South America--Warfare--Brazil

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