Image Field Data Accession number 0245 Record number JCB call number B535 F363h / 1-SIZE Image title [Title page] Place image published Sevilla [Seville] Image publisher Enla empre[n]ta de Iuam Cromberger, el postrero dia del mes de setiembre Image date [1535] Image function title page Technique woodcut Image dimension height 24.7 cm. Image dimension width 16.5 cm. Page dimension height 28.8 cm. Page dimension width 28.8 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Languages Spanish Description Coat of arms of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (Charles I of Spain) held by a double-headed eagle and surrounded by the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Decorative elements include border with grape vines,grotesques, floral motifs, globe topped by cross, and a man on horseback holding a sword who tramples the figures of conquered people. Source creator Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, Source Title [Historia general y natural de las Indias. 1a parte] La historia general delas Indias Source place of publication Sevilla [Seville] Source publisher Enla empre[n]ta de Iuam Cromberger, el postrero dia del mes de setiembre Source date [1535] Time Period Visual categories Heraldry Provenance/Donor Acquired in Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I Commentary Add a comment geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject headings America--Early accounts to 1600

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number B526 F363d / 1-SIZE Image title [Tree] Place image published [Toledo] Image publisher [Remon de Petras] Image date [1526] Image function illustration; leaf xxxix verso Technique woodcut Image dimension height 15.9 cm. Image dimension width 5 cm. Page dimension height 29.6 cm. Page dimension width 20.1 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Languages Spanish Description Tree. Source creator Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, Source Title [Sumario de la natural y general istoria de las Indias] Ouiedo Dela natural hystoria delas Indias Source place of publication [Toledo] Source publisher se imprimio a costas del autor Go[n]çalo Ferna[n]dez de Ouiedo al[ia]s e Valdes. Por industria de maestre Remo[n] de Petras Source date M.D. xxvj [1526] notes Text describes a big tree which may be the kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra. Time Period References Stoudemire, S. A. ed. Natural history of the West Indies, p Provenance/Donor Acquired in Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I Commentary Add a comment geographic area Caribbean Islands Subject Area Flora and fauna Subject headings Natural history--Pre-Linnean works--Caribbean area

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number B526 F363d / 1-SIZE Image title [La manera o como los indos enciende lumbre] Place image published [Toledo] Image publisher [Remon de Petras] Image date [1526] Image function illustration; leaf xli [i.e., xl] recto Technique woodcut Image dimension height 4.6 cm. Image dimension width 3.8 cm. Page dimension height 29.6 cm. Page dimension width 20.1 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Fire stick. Source creator Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, Source Title [Sumario de la natural y general istoria de las Indias] Ouiedo Dela natural hystoria delas Indias Source place of publication [Toledo] Source publisher se imprimio a costas del autor Go[n]çalo Ferna[n]dez de Ouiedo al[ia]s e Valdes. Por industria de maestre Remo[n] de Petras Source date M.D. xxvj [1526] notes Text describes a native American stick used to make fire. Time Period Provenance/Donor Acquired in Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Indigenous peoples Subject headings Indians of the West Indies--Implements

Image Field Data Accession number 0245 Record number JCB call number B535 F363h / 1-SIZE Image title [Tobacco pipes] Place image published [Seville] Image publisher [Enla empre[n]ta de Iuam Cromberger,] Image date [1535] Image function illustrations; leaf xlvii [47] Technique 28.8 x 19.8 cm. (entire single page); this slide is a double page spread Image dimension height 2.5 cm. [left]; 3.2 cm. [right] Image dimension width 3.3 cm. [left]; 1.8 cm. [right] Page dimension height 28.8 cm. Page dimension width 39.4 cm. [both pages] Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Tobacco pipes. Source creator Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, Source Title [Historia general y natural de las Indias. 1a parte] La historia general delas Indias Source place of publication Sevilla [Seville] Source publisher Enla empre[n]ta de Iuam Cromberger, el postrero dia del mes de setiembre Source date [1535] notes This book is the first known European account to mention how tobacco was smoked by the natives. Time Period Subject matter tobacco References Arents, G. Tobacco, n. 4. Provenance/Donor Acquired in Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I Commentary Add a comment geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject headings Tobacco pipes

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number B547 F363c / 1-SIZE Image title [Hammock] Place image published [Salamanca] Image publisher [Juan de Junta] Image date [1547] Image function illustration; verso of leaf xlvii [47] Technique woodcut Image dimension height 11.2 cm. Image dimension width 15 cm. Page dimension height 28.9 cm. Page dimension width 19.5 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Native American hammock. Source creator Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, Source Title [Historia general y natural de las Indias. 1a parte] Coronica delas Indias. La hystoria general de las Indias Source place of publication Impreso en Salamanca Source publisher Por Ivan de Iunta Source date [1547] Time Period Provenance/Donor Acquired in Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area Caribbean Islands Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject Area Indigenous peoples Subject headings Indians of the West Indies

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number B547 F363c / 1-SIZE Image title [Mining gold] Place image published [Salamanca] Image publisher [Juan de Junta] Image date [1547] Image function illustration; recto of leaf lxvi [66] Technique woodcut Image dimension height 6.6 cm. Image dimension width 15.9 cm. Page dimension height 28.9 cm. Page dimension width 19.5 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Native American mine and pan for gold ore. Source creator Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, Source Title [Historia general y natural de las Indias. 1a parte] Coronica delas Indias. La hystoria general de las Indias Source place of publication Impreso en Salamanca Source publisher Por Ivan de Iunta Source date [1547] notes Text discusses how the Indians mined for gold by digging in the earth and by using bowls to separate the ore from the gravel in rivers. Appointed supervisor of gold-smelting on Hispaniola in 1514, Oviedo became historian of the Indies. This image is derived from his Coronica dela Indias, Seville, Time Period Provenance/Donor Acquired in Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area Caribbean Islands Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject Area Indigenous peoples Subject headings Indians of the West Indies

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number B547 F363c / 1-SIZE Image title [Cactus] Place image published [Salamanca] Image publisher [Juan de Junta] Image date [1547] Image function illustration; verso of leaf lxxxvi [86] Technique woodcut Image dimension height 6.6 cm. Image dimension width 15.9 cm. Page dimension height 28.9 cm. Page dimension width 19.5 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Cactus. Source creator Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, Source Title [Historia general y natural de las Indias. 1a parte] Coronica delas Indias. La hystoria general de las Indias Source place of publication Impreso en Salamanca Source publisher Por Ivan de Iunta Source date [1547] Time Period Provenance/Donor Acquired in Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area Caribbean Islands Subject Area Flora and fauna Subject headings Botany--Caribbean area Subject headings Natural history--Caribbean area

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number B547 F363c / 1-SIZE Image title [Manatee] Place image published [Salamanca] Image publisher [Juan de Junta] Image date [1547] Image function illustration; recto of leaf cvi [106] Technique woodcut Image dimension height 5.5 cm. Image dimension width 7.2 cm. Page dimension height 28.9 cm. Page dimension width 19.5 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Manatee. Source creator Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, Source Title [Historia general y natural de las Indias. 1a parte] Coronica delas Indias. La hystoria general de las Indias Source place of publication Impreso en Salamanca Source publisher Por Ivan de Iunta Source date [1547] Time Period Provenance/Donor Acquired in Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area Caribbean Islands Subject Area Flora and fauna Subject headings Natural history--Caribbean area

Image Field Data Accession number 1297 Record number JCB call number H550 R184n / 1-SIZE (copy 2) Image title [Native Americans mining] Place image published [Venice] Image publisher [Giunti] Image date [1556] Image function illustration; vol. 3, p. 127 Technique woodcut Image dimension height 7.3 cm. Image dimension width 14.7 cm. Page dimension height 29.7 cm. Page dimension width 20.7 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Languages Italian Description Native Americans search for gold in a stream. Human activity includes mining, hoeing, and panning. Source creator Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, Source Title [Navigazioni e viaggi. Volume 3] Terzo volume delle navigationi et viaggi Source place of publication In Venetia [Venice] Source publisher Nella Stamperia de Giunti Source date M D LVI [1556] notes This illustration was derived from that in Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdés, Historia general delas Indias, first published, Seville, The wood blocks used to create this edition of Ramusio's Navigationi et viaggi were destroyed in a fire in Later editions were made from new wood blocks. Time Period Provenance/Donor Acquired in Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject Area Indigenous peoples Subject headings Mines and mineral resources

Image Field Data Accession number 0648 Record number JCB call number B553 L864p /1-SIZE Image title [Buffalo] Place image published [Saragossa] Image publisher [A costa de Miguel Capila...] Image date [1553] Image function illustration; verso of leaf cxvi Technique woodcut Image dimension height 9.7 cm. Image dimension width 15.8 cm. Page dimension height 29.7 cm. Page dimension width 19.5 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Buffalo. Source creator López de Gómara, Francisco, Source Title [Historia de las Indias] Primera y segunda parte de la historia general de las Indias: con todo el descubrimiento y cosas notables que han acaecido dende que se ganaron ata el año de 1551 Source place of publication En Caragoça [Saragossa] Source publisher A costa de Miguel Capila mercader de libros vezino de Caragoçca Source date 1553 Time Period References exhibitions Danforth, S. Encountering the New World, Item 47 Provenance/Donor Acquired in Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I Commentary Add a comment geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Flora and fauna Subject headings Natural history--North America

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number F630 L742b / 1-SIZE Image title [Buffalo] Place image published [Leiden] Image publisher [Elzeviers] Image date [1630] Image function illustration; p. 249 Technique woodcut Image dimension height 5 cm. Image dimension width 8.7 cm. Page dimension height 31.4 cm. Page dimension width 20.1 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Buffalo. Source creator Laet, Joannes de, Source Title [Nieuwe wereldt ofte beschrijvinghe van West-Indien] Beschrijvinghe van West-Indien Source place of publication Tot Leyden [Leiden] Source publisher bij de Elzeviers. Source date 1630 notes Image derived from Francisco López de Gómara, Historia de las Indias, Saragossa, Here the image appears in text discussing Francisco Vazquez de Coronado's expeditions in New Spain.Laet was a director and historian of the Dutch West India Company (VOC). Time Period Provenance/Donor Acquired before Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Flora and fauna Subject headings Natural history--Mexico

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number B730 T186 Image title [Sloth and opossum] Place image published [Constantinople] Image publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarika] Image date [1730] Image function illustration; p. [5] Technique woodcut Image dimension height 9.9 cm. Image dimension width 8.6 cm. Page dimension height 20.6 cm. Page dimension width 15 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Hunting with bow and arrow. A man shoots an arrow into a tree while an opossum sneaks up on a hen house where a rooster paces. A sloth stands on the limb of a tree. Source creator López de Gómara, Francisco, Source Title [Historia de la Indias. Turkish] [Tarih-i Hind-i garbi] Source place of publication Constantinople Source publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarrika, at the Imperial Press] Source date A.H [i.e., 1730 A.D.] notes Text describes the opossum as catching chickens at night and drinking their blood. The sloth is described as having a long neck and small round head. Ninety percent of the information in this book is from López de Gómara's Historia de las Indias and was probably translated and adapted by Emir Mehmet ibn Emir Hasan el-Suudi [?] in This is the first illustrated book ever to be produced on an Ottoman printing press. Time Period References Goodrich, T.D. Sixteenth Century Ottoman Americana, Ph.D. diss., 1968, picture # 12, p , Provenance/Donor Acquired before Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I Commentary Add a comment geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject Area Flora and fauna Subject headings Hunting Subject headings Natural history

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number B730 T186 Image title [Jaguar, ant-eater, and armadillo] Place image published [Constantinople] Image publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarika] Image date [1730] Image function illustration; p. [12] Technique woodcut Image dimension height 13.4 cm. Image dimension width 8.8 cm. Page dimension height 20.6 cm. Page dimension width 15 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Hunter with bow and arrow hunts a jaguar. Also includes an ant-eater and armadillo. Source creator López de Gómara, Francisco, Source Title [Historia de la Indias. Turkish] [Tarih-i Hind-i garbi] Source place of publication Constantinople Source publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarrika, at the Imperial Press] Source date A.H [i.e., 1730 A.D.] notes Text describes the jaguar as a predacious animal like a tiger. The ant-eater is described as a kind of bear with no tail. The armadillo is described being like a horse with a pack-saddle. Ninety percent of the information in this book is from López de Gómara's Historia de las Indias and was probably translated and adapted by Emir Mehmet ibn Emir Hasan el-Suudi [?] in This is the first illustrated book ever to be produced on an Ottoman printing press. Time Period References Goodrich, T.D. Sixteenth Century Ottoman Americana, Ph.D. diss., 1968, picture #11, p , Provenance/Donor Acquired before Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I Commentary Add a comment geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject Area Flora and fauna Subject headings Hunting Subject headings Natural history

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number B730 T186 Image title [The soursop tree (and the mammee tree)] Place image published [Constantinople] Image publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarika] Image date [1730] Image function illustration; p. [9] Technique woodcut Image dimension height 13.4 cm. Image dimension width 8.8 cm. Page dimension height 20.6 cm. Page dimension width 15 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Two birds and two trees, a soursop and a mammee tree. Source creator López de Gómara, Francisco, Source Title [Historia de la Indias. Turkish] [Tarih-i Hind-i garbi] Source place of publication Constantinople Source publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarrika, at the Imperial Press] Source date A.H [i.e., 1730 A.D.] notes Text describes the soursop tree with fruit the size of a melon and the mammee tree which produces pear-like fruit. Ninety percent of the information in this book is from López de Gómara's Historia de las Indias and was probably translated and adapted by Emir Mehmet ibn Emir Hasan el-Suudi [?] in This is the first illustrated book ever to be produced on an Ottoman printing press. Time Period References Goodrich, T.D. Sixteenth Century Ottoman Americana, Ph.D. diss., 1968, picture #13, p , 537. Provenance/Donor Acquired before Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I Commentary Add a comment geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Flora and fauna Subject headings Natural history

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number B730 T186 Image title [Bighorn sheep and buffalo] Place image published [Constantinople] Image publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarika] Image date [1730] Image function illustration; p. [37] Technique woodcut Image dimension height 12.4 cm. Image dimension width 8.7 cm. Page dimension height 20.6 cm. Page dimension width 15 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Bighorn sheep and a buffalo being held by two men. Source creator López de Gómara, Francisco, Source Title [Historia de la Indias. Turkish] [Tarih-i Hind-i garbi] Source place of publication Constantinople Source publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarrika, at the Imperial Press] Source date A.H [i.e., 1730 A.D.] notes Text describes buffalo as having horns and a hump like a camel. The sheep is described as having large horns and soft hair. Ninety percent of the information in this book is from López de Gómara's Historia de las Indias and was probably translated and adapted by Emir Mehmet ibn Emir Hasan el-Suudi [?] in This is the first illustrated book ever to be produced on an Ottoman printing press. Time Period References Goodrich, T.D. Sixteenth Century Ottoman Americana, Ph.D. diss., 1968, picture #9, p , Provenance/Donor Acquired before Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I Commentary Add a comment geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Flora and fauna Subject headings Natural history

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number B730 T186 Image title [Three prickly pears] Place image published [Constantinople] Image publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarika] Image date [1730] Image function illustration; p. [58] Technique woodcut Image dimension height 8.8 cm. Image dimension width 9.8 cm. Page dimension height 20.6 cm. Page dimension width 15 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Three prickly pears. Source creator López de Gómara, Francisco, Source Title [Historia de la Indias. Turkish] [Tarih-i Hind-i garbi] Source place of publication Constantinople Source publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarrika, at the Imperial Press] Source date A.H [i.e., 1730 A.D.] notes Text describes the prickly pear or nopal and its fruit. Ninety percent of the information in this book is from López de Gómara's Historia de las Indias and was probably translated and adapted by Emir Mehmet ibn Emir Hasan el-Suudi [?] in This is the first illustrated book ever to be produced on an Ottoman printing press. Time Period References Goodrich, T.D. Sixteenth Century Ottoman Americana, Ph.D. diss., 1968, picture #8, p , Provenance/Donor Acquired before Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I Commentary Add a comment geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Flora and fauna Subject headings Natural history

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number B730 T186 Image title [Armadillo, pelican, and two ducks] Place image published [Constantinople] Image publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarika] Image date [1730] Image function illustration; p. [73] Technique woodcut Image dimension height 8.7 cm. Image dimension width 10.2 cm. Page dimension height 20.6 cm. Page dimension width 15 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Armadillo, pelican, and two Muscovy ducks. Source creator López de Gómara, Francisco, Source Title [Historia de la Indias. Turkish] [Tarih-i Hind-i garbi] Source place of publication Constantinople Source publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarrika, at the Imperial Press] Source date A.H [i.e., 1730 A.D.] notes Text describes the armadillo as being the size of a cat and whose head and beak are like a duck; on its back is a robe of bone which it can either close or open. The ducks are described as being geese with black bodies and white wings. The pelican is described as being able to swallow three boys in one gulp. Ninety percent of the information in this book is from López de Gómara's Historia de las Indias, and was probably translated and adapted by Emir Mehmet ibn Emir Hasan el-Suudi [?] in This is the first illustrated book ever to be produced on an Ottoman printing press. Time Period References Goodrich, T.D. Sixteenth Century Ottoman Americana, Ph.D. diss., 1968, picture #7, p , 397. Provenance/Donor Acquired before Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I Commentary Add a comment geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Flora and fauna Subject headings Natural history

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number B730 T186 Image title [Tapirs] Place image published [Constantinople] Image publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarika] Image date [1730] Image function illustration; p. [91] Technique woodcut Image dimension height 8.7 cm. Image dimension width 9.9 cm. Page dimension height 20.6 cm. Page dimension width 15 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Two tapirs. Source creator López de Gómara, Francisco, Source Title [Historia de la Indias. Turkish] [Tarih-i Hind-i garbi] Source place of publication Constantinople Source publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarrika, at the Imperial Press] Source date A.H [i.e., 1730 A.D.] notes Text describes tapirs as looking like a mule with long snouts like the trunks of the elephant. Ninety percent of the information in this book is from López de Gómara's Historia de las Indias, and was probably translated and adapted by Emir Mehmet ibn Emir Hasan el-Suudi [?] in This is the first illustrated book ever to be produced on an Ottoman printing press. Time Period References Goodrich, T.D. Sixteenth Century Ottoman Americana, Ph.D. diss., 1968, picture #4, p , 370. Provenance/Donor Acquired before Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I Commentary Add a comment geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Flora and fauna Subject headings Natural history

Image Field Data Accession number Record number JCB call number B730 T186 Image title [Manatee] Place image published [Constantinople] Image publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarika] Image date [1730] Image function illustration; p. [107] Technique woodcut Image dimension height 10 cm. Image dimension width 8.5 cm. Page dimension height 20.6 cm. Page dimension width 15 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Description Manatee nursing its young by the water's edge. Source creator López de Gómara, Francisco, Source Title [Historia de la Indias. Turkish] [Tarih-i Hind-i garbi] Source place of publication Constantinople Source publisher [Ibrahim Mutafarrika, at the Imperial Press] Source date A.H [i.e., 1730 A.D.] notes Text describes the manatee as a creature whose body is like a blown-up hide and whose head is like the head of an ox with pendulous dewlaps and from whose shoulders are two round feet; it suckles its young on the shore of the sea. Ninety percent of the information in this book is from López de Gómara's Historia de las Indias, and was probably translated and adapted by Emir Mehmet ibn Emir Hasan el-Suudi [?] in This is the first illustrated book ever to be produced on an Ottoman printing press. Time Period References Goodrich, T.D. Sixteenth Century Ottoman Americana, Ph.D. diss., 1968, picture #3, p , Provenance/Donor Acquired before Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I Commentary Add a comment geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Flora and fauna Subject headings Natural history Subject headings Manatees

Image Field Data Accession number 0379 Record number JCB call number B635 N675h / 2-SIZE Image title Ourissia sive tominejo. Place image published [Antwerp] Image publisher [Plantin Office (Balthazar Moretus)] Image date [1635] Image function illustration; p. 239 Technique woodcut Image dimension height 2.5 cm. Image dimension width 7.5 cm. Page dimension height 33.5 cm. Page dimension width 22.5 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Languages Latin, Nahuatl Description Hummingbird. Source creator Nieremberg, Juan Eusebio, Source Title Ioannis Evsebii Nierembergii Madritensis ex Societate Iesu... Historia natvrae, maxime peregrinae, libris XVI. distincta Source place of publication Antverpiae [Antwerp] Source publisher ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti Source date M.DC.XXXV [1635] notes Native only to the Americas, hummingbirds were first identified by Oviedo in 1525 who speculated that they were perhaps a cross between an insect and a bird. Text also cites Andre Thevet, Singularitez de la France antarctique (and his description of the hummingbird which he called gonambuch) and Joseph Acosta, Historie naturalis. Hummingbirds are in the Trochilidae family. Time Period References (Sept. 2003) Provenance/Donor Acquired in Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I Commentary Add a comment geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Flora and fauna Subject headings Natural history--Mexico