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:
06-222-47
record_number
06-222-47
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D760 W927d
jcb_call_no
D760 W927d
JCB call number
false
Image title:
A View of Montague House
image_title
A View of Montague House
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. 216
image_function
plate; vol. 10, following p. 216
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:
6.5 cm.
image_dimensions_width
6.5 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:
Large building or dwelling constructed of logs surrounded by small tent-like structures.
description
Large building or dwelling constructed of logs surrounded by small tent-like structures.
Description
false
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:
In the fall of 1746 a fort or house was built on the Hayes River in present-day Manitoba in which the officers would spend the winter. The crew had solid tents built of logs, moss, and clay. Montague House was not far from the Hudson Bay Company's York Factory.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 the account by Henry Ellis of the 1746 expedition to find a northwest passage by William Moor commanding the Dobbs Galley and Francis Smith commanding the California.
notes
In the fall of 1746 a fort or house was built on the Hayes River in present-day Manitoba in which the officers would spend the winter. The crew had solid tents built of logs, moss, and clay. Montague House was not far from the Hudson Bay Company's York Factory.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 the account by Henry Ellis of the 1746 expedition to find a northwest passage by William Moor commanding the Dobbs Galley and Francis Smith commanding the California.
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:
Hayes River (Man.)
subject_heads
Hayes River (Man.)
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Log buildings--Canada
subject_heads
Log buildings--Canada
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Northwest Passage
subject_heads
Northwest Passage
Subject headings
false