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Image1
Field Data
Accession number 07593
Record number
JCB call number E619 C453v
Image title [Title page]
Place image published A Paris
Image publisher chez C. Collet au Pallais
Image date 1619
Image function added engraved title page
Technique engraving
Image dimension height 13.9 cm.
Image dimension width 8.5 cm.
Page dimension height 17.3 cm.
Page dimension width 10.7 cm.
Materials medium ink
Materials support paper
Languages French
Description Native American man and woman flank the title. Vignette at bottom shows a man about to be burned at the stake. Includes arrow or spear and vegetable such as corn or maize and fruit or gourd. Also includes coat of arms of Louis XIII.
Source creator Champlain, Samuel de,
Source Title Voyages et descouuertures faites en la Nouuelle France ...
Source place of publication A Paris
Source publisher chez Claude Collet, au Palais, en la gallerie des Prisonniers
Source date M.D.C.XIX [1619]
Time Period
Provenance/Donor Acquired in 1882.
Owner and copyright ©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I
geographic area North America
Subject Area Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area Indigenous peoples
Subject headings Indians of North America

2.
Image1
Field Data
Accession number 04684
Record number
JCB call number Codex Fr 1
Image title pescherie de perles.
Place image published [France?]
Image date [1602?]
Image function illustration; verso leaf 7
Technique painting, manuscript
Image dimension height 7.7 cm.
Image dimension width 14 cm.
Page dimension height 30.1 cm.
Page dimension width 20.5 cm.
Materials medium ink, watercolor
Materials support paper
Languages French
Description Pearl fishers. Native Americans or black slaves dive into the water from boats.
Source creator Champlain, Samuel de
Source Title Brief discours des choses plus remarquables que Samuel Champlain de Brouage á reconneues aux Indes occidentales
Source place of publication [France?]
Source date [1602?]
notes Text describes the pearl fishers and fisheries of La Marguerite and describes the fishing done by black slaves of the king of Spain who wear a little basket under their arms and collect the oysters. Pearls were one of the items that Columbus was specifically asked to find. Between 1513 and 1540, the number of pearls taken from the pearl islands off of the coast of Venezuela alone approached 120 million. The manuscript, attributed to Champlain, describes his voyage sailing with a Spanish fleet to the Caribbean in 1599 to 1600.
Time Period
References Wilmere, A. Narrative of a voyage to the West Indies, p. 7; (Apr. 2004)
Provenance/Donor Acquired in 1884.
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 Indians of South America
Subject headings Pearl industry and trade--Venezuela

3.
Image1
Field Data
Accession number 04684
Record number
JCB call number Codex Fr 1
Image title le port layaguana
Place image published [France?]
Image date [1602?]
Image function illustration; verso leaf 15
Technique painting, manuscript
Image dimension height 15.9 cm.
Image dimension width 16 cm.
Page dimension height 30.1 cm.
Page dimension width 20.5 cm.
Materials medium ink, watercolor
Materials support paper
Languages French
Description Plan of the bay of Môle Saint Nicolas in present-day Haiti. Decorative elements include native Americans hunting and their dwellings, ships, compass rose, and scale.
Source creator Champlain, Samuel de
Source Title Brief discours des choses plus remarquables que Samuel Champlain de Brouage á reconneues aux Indes occidentales
Source place of publication [France?]
Source date [1602?]
notes The manuscript, attributed to Champlain, describes his voyage sailing with a Spanish fleet to the Caribbean in 1599 to 1600.
Time Period
References Wilmere, A. Narrative of a voyage to the West Indies, p. 15
Provenance/Donor Acquired in 1884.
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 Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area Indigenous peoples
Subject headings Caribbean area--Maps

4.
Image1
Field Data
Accession number 04684
Record number
JCB call number Codex Fr 1
Image title mines dargent et de la facon quon le tire
Place image published [France?]
Image date [1602?]
Image function illustration; verso leaf 24
Technique painting, manuscript
Image dimension height 12.9 cm.
Image dimension width 14.1 cm.
Page dimension height 30.1 cm.
Page dimension width 20.5 cm.
Materials medium ink, watercolor
Materials support paper
Languages French
Description Silver mining and smelting. Native American works a bellows for a fire. Silver from the smelting pot runs off into troughs. Also includes native Americans using pick axes to mine the mineral which is lifted by winches. A group of Europeans stands by the mines.
Source creator Champlain, Samuel de
Source Title Brief discours des choses plus remarquables que Samuel Champlain de Brouage á reconneues aux Indes occidentales
Source place of publication [France?]
Source date [1602?]
notes The text describes the silver mines near Mexico City belonging to the king of Spain which are worked by a great number of slaves. The manuscript, attributed to Champlain, describes his voyage sailing with a Spanish fleet to the Caribbean in 1599 to 1600.
Time Period
References Wilmere, A. Narrative of a voyage to the West Indies, p. 25
Provenance/Donor Acquired in 1884.
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 Silver mines and mining
Subject headings Mines and mineral resources--Mexico
Subject headings Indians of Mexico