COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
06-222
accession_no
06-222
Accession number
false
Record number:
06-222-23
record_number
06-222-23
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D760 W927d
jcb_call_no
D760 W927d
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Ten Canoes of Natives of an Island near the Land of Desolation come and traffick with Captn. Davis.
image_title
Ten Canoes of Natives of an Island near the Land of Desolation come and traffick with Captn. Davis.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[J. Newbery]
image_publisher
[J. Newbery]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1760
image_date
1760
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; vol. 4, following p. 42
image_function
plate; vol. 4, following p. 42
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
9.5 cm.
image_dimensions_height
9.5 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
6 cm.
image_dimensions_width
6 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
13.2 cm.
page_dimensions_height
13.2 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
7.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
7.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
A European man pointing up to the sun greets a small group of native Americans who disembark from boats.
description
A European man pointing up to the sun greets a small group of native Americans who disembark from boats.
Description
false
Source Title:
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. ... vol. IV.
source_title
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. ... vol. IV.
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun, in St. Paul's Church-Yard
source_publisher
Printed for J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun, in St. Paul's Church-Yard
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1760
source_date
1760
Source date
false
notes:
In 1585 Captain John Davis (1550?-1605) in the ships Sunshine and Moonshine set out in search of a northwest passage over the Americas. The "land of desolation" was the southeast coast of Greenland. Given their dress and the presence of palm trees, the natives of Greenland could not have appeared as the ones in this image.Volume four contains an account of the British discoveries in America.
notes
In 1585 Captain John Davis (1550?-1605) in the ships Sunshine and Moonshine set out in search of a northwest passage over the Americas. The "land of desolation" was the southeast coast of Greenland. Given their dress and the presence of palm trees, the natives of Greenland could not have appeared as the ones in this image.Volume four contains an account of the British discoveries in America.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
http://libweb5.prin… (Dec. 2008)
references_
http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/northwest-passage/davis.htm (Dec. 2008)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Former collection William Holbech; acquired as a gift from the estate of Frederick Lippitt.
provenance_or_donor
Former collection William Holbech; acquired as a gift from the estate of Frederick Lippitt.
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:
Arctic
geographic_areas
Arctic
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Greenland--Discovery and Exploration--English
subject_heads
Greenland--Discovery and Exploration--English
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Inuit
subject_heads
Inuit
Subject headings
false