COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
76-44
Record number:
76-44
JCB call number:
Fr653 S586d
Image title:
La descente faite par les Francois en la terre ferme de l'Amerique
Creator 1:
Israel Silvestre
Creator 1 dates:
1621-1691
Creator 1 role:
fecit
Place image published:
[Paris]
Image date:
[1653]
Image function:
print
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
21 cm.
Image dimension width:
40.1 cm.
Page dimension height:
38.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
44.7 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Inscription:
on verso: "ordre de bataille de larmee de flandre" [with lists of soldiers]
Languages:
French
Description:
Bird's-eye view of the port of the island of Cayenne established by the French. Built environment includes fortifications, ships, boats, and an encampment. Also includes French soldiers and sailors, as well as native Americans and their settlement. Includes a compass rose. Items in the image are lettered for identification in key below.
notes:
This print depicts the landing of the French expedition of 1652 at Cayenne. The hill of Cépérou, seen in the foreground with native Americans (with feathered headdresses) on it, was given to the French in 1643 by a native American chief of the same name.
Time Period:
1651-1700
References exhibitions:
Boucher, P.P. Les Nouvelles Frances, Fig. II.4
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1976.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Guianas
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
French Guiana--History--To 1814
La descente faite par les Francois en la terre ferme de l'Amerique
