St. Kitts: six scenes. Engraving by H.A. Châtelain, 1732.

Date:
1732
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563065i
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St. Kitts: six scenes. Engraving by H.A. Châtelain, 1732. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Upper left is a view of the French Governor's residence; upper centre, a group of native people ("sauvages") visiting the French settlers; upper right, a landscape purporting to show the "Kingdom of the Apalaches" including a temple of sun worship ; below left, fish; below centre, turtles and birds; below right, insects and shellfish. In the centre are descriptions, in French, of St. Kitts, and of the "Province of Bemarin"

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1732

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1 print : engraving ; image 37.2 x 48.4 cm

Lettering

Particularitez curieuses de l'île de Saint Christophle et de la province de Bemarin dans les Antilles Bears numbers: tom.: VI; no. 36, page 158

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Wellcome Collection 563065i

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