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:
10770
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10770
Accession number
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Record number:
10770-1
record_number
10770-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
F723 Z89a
jcb_call_no
F723 Z89a
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Title page]
image_title
[Title page]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Leipzig]
place_image_published
[Leipzig]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Peter Conrad Monath]
image_publisher
[Peter Conrad Monath]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1723
image_date
1723
Image date
false
Image function:
added engraved title page
image_function
added engraved title page
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
17.3 cm.
image_dimensions_height
17.3 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
13.6 cm.
image_dimensions_width
13.6 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
20.9 cm.
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20.9 cm.
Page dimension height
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Page dimension width:
17 cm.
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17 cm.
Page dimension width
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Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
German
languages
German
Languages
false
Description:
Allegorical figures of a man representing time and a woman representing the navigational arts are placed before scenes of Greenland. Men kill a polar bear that is trying to eat a man. Also includes erupting volcanoes and scene of whaling with ships, boats, and sea lions or seals. Includes angels or putti carrying a narwhal tusk, harpoons, spear, and rope, an angel with a trumpet and laurel wreath, a sea god or triton with fish tail and horn, and navigational instruments such as dividers, backstaff, globe and chart.
description
Allegorical figures of a man representing time and a woman representing the navigational arts are placed before scenes of Greenland. Men kill a polar bear that is trying to eat a man. Also includes erupting volcanoes and scene of whaling with ships, boats, and sea lions or seals. Includes angels or putti carrying a narwhal tusk, harpoons, spear, and rope, an angel with a trumpet and laurel wreath, a sea god or triton with fish tail and horn, and navigational instruments such as dividers, backstaff, globe and chart.
Description
false
Source creator:
Zorgdrager, C. G. (Cornelis Gijsbertz), b.ca. 1650
source_creator
Zorgdrager, C. G. (Cornelis Gijsbertz), b.ca. 1650
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Bloeyende opkomst der aloude en hedendaagsche Groenlandsche visschery. German] C.G. Zorgdragers alte und neue grönländische Fischerei und Wallfischfang, ...
source_title
[Bloeyende opkomst der aloude en hedendaagsche Groenlandsche visschery. German] C.G. Zorgdragers alte und neue grönländische Fischerei und Wallfischfang, ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Leipzig
source_place_of_publication
Leipzig
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
bei Peter Conrad Monath
source_publisher
bei Peter Conrad Monath
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1723
source_date
1723
Source date
false
notes:
Cf. the 1720 Amsterdam edition, #07230-1.
notes
Cf. the 1720 Amsterdam edition, #07230-1.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1915.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1915.
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:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Greenland--Description and travel
subject_heads
Greenland--Description and travel
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Emblems
subject_heads
Emblems
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Whaling
subject_heads
Whaling
Subject headings
false