1. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Accession number 30289 Record number 30289-90 JCB call number Codex Ind 2 Image title 7a. Chimalpopoca 3o Rey. Place image published [Mexico] Image date [ca. 1585] Image function plate; leaf 97 Technique painting Image dimension height 12.8 cm. Image dimension width 17.5 cm. Page dimension height 21 cm. Page dimension width 15.2 cm. Materials medium watercolor Materials support paper Languages Spanish, Nahuatl Description Chimalpopoca, holding a spear or scepter, stands on a reed mat and next to a basket-work throne. Above him is a smoking shield. Source creator Tovar, Juan de, ca. 1546-ca. 1626 Source Title Historia de la benida de los yndios apoblar a Mexico de las partes remotas de Occidente los sucessos y perigrinaçiones del camino su gouierno, ydolos y templos dellos, ritos y cirimonias... calandarios delos tiempos Source place of publication Mexico Source date ca. 1585 notes Chimalpopoca (reigned 1417-1427), whose name means smoking shield, was the third emperor of the Aztecs. He is dressed in the clothes of the highest priests. Image is placed horizontally on page. The Tovar manuscript is divided into three sections. This second section of the manuscript--an illustrated history of the Aztecs--is essentially the same as the Codex Ramírez and forms the main body of the manuscript. Time Period 1492-1600 References Lafaye, J. Manuscript Tovar, p. 240-241 Provenance/Donor Acquired from the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps in 1946. Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912 Commentary Add a comment geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject Area Indigenous peoples Subject headings Mexico--History--To 1519 Subject headings Indians of Mexico Subject headings Aztecs--Kings and rulers--Mythology

2. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Accession number 65-156 Record number 65-156 JCB call number En793 M232t Image title To Major General Cuyler this View of Fort George, in the Island of Tobago... Creator 1 Frederick Maitland Creator 1 role Drawn by Creator 2 T. Medland Creator 2 role Engrav'd by Place image published Lambeth [London] Image publisher for the Proprietor, by T. Medland. Grays Walk. Image date 1793 Image function print Technique engraving, hand coloring Image dimension height 27.5 cm. Image dimension width 40 cm. Page dimension height 34.7 cm. Page dimension width 44.5 cm. Materials medium ink, colors Materials support paper Languages English Description View of Fort George on Tobago including a view of the harbor and settlement. In the foreground, a black [slave] woman carries a load on her head. A black [slave] speaks to a European in a plumed hat. Also includes agave or maguey plant, coconut palm, cacti, fortifications, ships, mill, and dwellings. notes Fort King George, built by the British in 1770, overlooks the town and harbor of Scarborough on Tobago.Engraver is probably Thomas Medland, 1755-c.1823, a well-known British engraver of views. Time Period 1751-1800 Provenance/Donor Acquired in 1965. Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912 geographic area Caribbean Islands Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities Subject Area Geography, maps, city views and plans Subject headings Tobago--Description and travel

3. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Accession number 13078 Record number 13078-1 JCB call number H594 R788s Image title [Title page] Place image published In Bologna Image publisher Per Gio. Rossi. Image date 1594 Image function title page Technique woodcut Image dimension height 6.2 cm. Image dimension width 6.2 cm. Page dimension height 14.8 cm. Page dimension width 9.5 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Languages Italian Description Map of the world in one hemisphere. Includes America and Peru. Source creator Rosaccio, Giuseppe, ca. 1530-ca. 1620 Source Title Le sei eta del mondo... Source place of publication In Bologna Source publisher Per Gio. Rossi. Source date 1594 notes Rosaccio, a physician and cosmographer, published a number of world maps. Time Period 1492-1600 References Cf. Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the World, 178 Provenance/Donor Acquired in 1921. Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912 geographic area Arctic geographic area Brazil geographic area Caribbean Islands geographic area Guianas geographic area North America geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Geography, maps, city views and plans Subject headings World maps

4. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Accession number 32145 Record number 32145-1 JCB call number J596 F819d Image title Franciscus Dracus nobiliss eques Angliae aetatis suae XXXXVI Place image published [Cologne] Image date [1596] Image function plate [1]; at end of book Technique engraving Image dimension height 16.3 cm. Image dimension width 12.3 cm. Page dimension height 19 cm. Page dimension width 14.4 cm. Materials medium ink Materials support paper Languages Latin Description Portrait of Sir Francis Drake. Includes a double hemisphere map of the world with a route of Drake's circumnavigation. Also includes map of the island of Cuba, as well as ships. Source Title Franciscus Dracus Redivivus. Das ist, kurtze Beschreibung, aller vornehmbsten Reysen, Schiffarten vnnd Wasserschlachten, so der weitberümbte englische Admiral, Franciscus Dracus... Source place of publication [Cologne] Source date 1596 Time Period 1492-1600 Provenance/Donor Acquired in 1957. Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912 geographic area Arctic geographic area Brazil geographic area Caribbean Islands geographic area Guianas geographic area North America geographic area Spanish America Subject Area Portraits Subject headings Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540-1596