COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
03836
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03836
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Record number:
03836-1
record_number
03836-1
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false
JCB call number:
D766 G743s
jcb_call_no
D766 G743s
JCB call number
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Image title:
[Sugar cane]
image_title
[Sugar cane]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image date:
[1766]
image_date
[1766]
Image date
false
Image function:
frontispiece
image_function
frontispiece
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
13.7 cm.
image_dimensions_height
13.7 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
7.9 cm.
image_dimensions_width
7.9 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
16.9 cm.
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16.9 cm.
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false
Page dimension width:
10.1 cm.
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10.1 cm.
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false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Sugar cane plant.
description
Sugar cane plant.
Description
false
Source creator:
Grainger, James, 1721?-1766
source_creator
Grainger, James, 1721?-1766
Source creator
false
Source Title:
The sugar-cane: A poem ...
source_title
The sugar-cane: A poem ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed, and sold by the Booksellers
source_publisher
Printed, and sold by the Booksellers
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M DCC LXV [1766]
source_date
M DCC LXV [1766]
Source date
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notes:
Sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum) is a genus of tropical grasses, originally native to southeast Asia and first brought to the Caribbean by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage in 1493. Preface discusses the author's arrival in the West Indies and his intention to write a poem on the cultivation of sugar cane.
notes
Sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum) is a genus of tropical grasses, originally native to southeast Asia and first brought to the Caribbean by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage in 1493. Preface discusses the author's arrival in the West Indies and his intention to write a poem on the cultivation of sugar cane.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1870.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1870.
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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false
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Sugarcane
subject_heads
Sugarcane
Subject headings
false