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:
06-222
accession_no
06-222
Accession number
false
Record number:
06-222-45
record_number
06-222-45
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D760 W927d
jcb_call_no
D760 W927d
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Capt. James's escape from the Fire.
image_title
Capt. James's escape from the Fire.
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. 10, following p. 190
image_function
plate; vol. 10, following p. 190
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
10.2 cm.
image_dimensions_height
10.2 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
6.6 cm.
image_dimensions_width
6.6 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
13.1 cm.
page_dimensions_height
13.1 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:
Near a shore, a man jumps away from a burning tree while another man flees in the distance. Includes sword, gun or musket, ship, cross, and hut or dwelling.
description
Near a shore, a man jumps away from a burning tree while another man flees in the distance. Includes sword, gun or musket, ship, cross, and hut or dwelling.
Description
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Source Title:
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. ... Vol. X.
source_title
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. ... Vol. X.
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:
Captain James wintered on Charlton Island in what is now James Bay at the southernmost part of Hudson Bay in present-day Nunavut, Canada. In order to save his ship, the Henrietta Maria, from ice damage, he sank it and refloated it when the ice broke up. In June of 1632, their ship having been refloated, James and a crew member tried to signal any native Americans who might be in the vicinity. The crew member started a fire prematurely, causing the captain to have to leap from the tree he had climbed which had caught fire. James had erected a cross to which were attached images of King Charles and Queen Henrietta Maria in order to claim the territory for Britain.Volume ten contains accounts of voyages to the Maldives, the Cape of Good Hope, the Cape Verde Islands, and the Arctic. This section relates to Thomas James's voyage of 1631 to 1632 from Bristol, England, to Hudson Bay in search of a northwest passage.
notes
Captain James wintered on Charlton Island in what is now James Bay at the southernmost part of Hudson Bay in present-day Nunavut, Canada. In order to save his ship, the Henrietta Maria, from ice damage, he sank it and refloated it when the ice broke up. In June of 1632, their ship having been refloated, James and a crew member tried to signal any native Americans who might be in the vicinity. The crew member started a fire prematurely, causing the captain to have to leap from the tree he had climbed which had caught fire. James had erected a cross to which were attached images of King Charles and Queen Henrietta Maria in order to claim the territory for Britain.Volume ten contains accounts of voyages to the Maldives, the Cape of Good Hope, the Cape Verde Islands, and the Arctic. This section relates to Thomas James's voyage of 1631 to 1632 from Bristol, England, to Hudson Bay in search of a northwest passage.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
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:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Nunavut
subject_heads
Nunavut
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
James, Thomas, 1593?-1635?
subject_heads
James, Thomas, 1593?-1635?
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Northwest Passage
subject_heads
Northwest Passage
Subject headings
false