Taschenbuch der Reisen, oder unterhaltende Darstellung der Entdeckungen des 18ten Jahrhunderts

Multiple artists/makers

1802–13

Not on view

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Provenance

Title: Taschenbuch der Reisen, oder unterhaltende Darstellung der Entdeckungen des 18ten Jahrhunderts
Author: E. A. W. von Zimmerman (German, active 19th century)
Artist: Johann Adolph Darnstedt (German, Auma 1769–1844 Dresden)
Artist: Carl Frosch (German, born Halle, 1771)
Publisher: Gerhard Fleischer & D. Jüng (German) , Leipzig
Sitter: Johann Baptist Tavernier (French, Paris, 1605–1689)
Sitter: Charles Marie de la Condamine (French, Paris 1701–1774 Paris)
Sitter: Sir Francis Drake (British, 1545–1596)
Sitter: Micco Chlucco (Native American) , King of the Seminoles
Sitter: Sir Hans Sloane (Irish, Killyeagh 1660–1753 London)
Sitter: Alexander von Humbolt (German, Berlin 1769–1859 Berlin)
Sitter: Don Vasco de Gama (Portuguese, Sines, Portugal, ca. 1460–1524)
Date: 1802–13
Medium: Illustrations: engraving
Dimensions: 4 3/4 × 3 7/16 × 13/16 in. (12 × 8.7 × 2 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Ica Waldes Busek, in memory of Jindrich Waldes, 1986
Object Number: 1986.1250.8(3)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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