COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
09379
accession_no
09379
Accession number
false
Record number:
09379-1
record_number
09379-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
H719 G322v
jcb_call_no
H719 G322v
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Map of the wanderings of the ancient Mexicans]
image_title
[Map of the wanderings of the ancient Mexicans]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Etienne Ganeau]
image_publisher
[Etienne Ganeau]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1719
image_date
1719
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 6, following p. 38
image_function
fold-out plate; vol. 6, following p. 38
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
30 cm.
image_dimensions_height
30 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
40.1 cm.
image_dimensions_width
40.1 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
33.3 cm.
page_dimensions_height
33.3 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
41.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
41.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
French, Nahuatl
languages
French, Nahuatl
Languages
false
Description:
Conceptual map of the wanderings of the Mexicans on their search for a homeland. Significant places on their journey are given French and Nahuatl names and symbols. Includes location of Tenochtitlán marked by a cactus, Chapultépec [Hill of the Grasshopper], Chaco, Xaltzpozaulican, etc. Also includes native Americans or Mexicans, speaking bird, body parts, tzompantli or skull rack, and symbols of plants including maize and fruit trees.
description
Conceptual map of the wanderings of the Mexicans on their search for a homeland. Significant places on their journey are given French and Nahuatl names and symbols. Includes location of Tenochtitlán marked by a cactus, Chapultépec [Hill of the Grasshopper], Chaco, Xaltzpozaulican, etc. Also includes native Americans or Mexicans, speaking bird, body parts, tzompantli or skull rack, and symbols of plants including maize and fruit trees.
Description
false
Source creator:
Gemelli Careri, Giovanni Francesco, 1651-1725
source_creator
Gemelli Careri, Giovanni Francesco, 1651-1725
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Giro du mondo. French] Voyage du tour du monde ... Tome sixieme
source_title
[Giro du mondo. French] Voyage du tour du monde ... Tome sixieme
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Paris
source_place_of_publication
A Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Chez Etienne Ganeau, Libraire rue S. Jacques, aux Armes de Dombes, vis-à-vis la Fontaine S. Severin
source_publisher
Chez Etienne Ganeau, Libraire rue S. Jacques, aux Armes de Dombes, vis-à-vis la Fontaine S. Severin
Source publisher
false
Source date:
.1719
source_date
.1719
Source date
false
notes:
Text states that image is a copy drawn by Charles Siguenza of an original drawn by native Americans.The Mexicans were told to search for a place that would be shown to them by the presence of an eagle standing on a cactus growing out of a rock. This place is Tenochtitlán or the present-day Mexico City. An abridged translation, variously attributed to Eustache Le Noble (1643-1711) and to L.F. Dubois de Saint-Gelais. Cf. 08792-2, A collection of voyages and travels, London, 1704, which includes Gemelli Careri's voyage.Gemelli Careri was a world traveler who went around the world starting with the Holy Land and ending in Mexico. His five-year journey which began in 1693 ended by taking the silver fleet back to Spain from Cuba.
notes
Text states that image is a copy drawn by Charles Siguenza of an original drawn by native Americans.The Mexicans were told to search for a place that would be shown to them by the presence of an eagle standing on a cactus growing out of a rock. This place is Tenochtitlán or the present-day Mexico City. An abridged translation, variously attributed to Eustache Le Noble (1643-1711) and to L.F. Dubois de Saint-Gelais. Cf. 08792-2, A collection of voyages and travels, London, 1704, which includes Gemelli Careri's voyage.Gemelli Careri was a world traveler who went around the world starting with the Holy Land and ending in Mexico. His five-year journey which began in 1693 ended by taking the silver fleet back to Spain from Cuba.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1970.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1970.
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
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
subject_groups
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Aztecs--Kings and rulers--Mythology
subject_heads
Aztecs--Kings and rulers--Mythology
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Indians of Mexico
subject_heads
Indians of Mexico
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Mexico--History--To 1519
subject_heads
Mexico--History--To 1519
Subject headings
false