Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: arbre a canima; pelle
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Accession number:
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04684
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Record number:
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04684-45
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JCB call number:
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Codex Fr 1
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Image title:
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arbre a canima; pelle
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Place image published:
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[France?]
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Image date:
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[1602?]
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Image function:
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illustration; verso leaf 25
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Technique:
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painting, manuscript
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Image dimension height:
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8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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11.1 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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30.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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20.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink, watercolor
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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French
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Description:
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Canima tree with branches cut. Scoops speared in the ground under each cut collect the oil from each cut.
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Source creator:
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Champlain, Samuel de
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Source Title:
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Brief discours des choses plus remarquables que Samuel Champlain de Brouage á reconneues aux Indes occidentales
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Source place of publication:
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[France?]
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Source date:
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[1602?]
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notes:
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The text describes a tree in Mexico, perhaps the copaiba, Copaifera officinalis, or Balsam of Peru, Myroxylon Peruiferum, which produces an oil smelling of pine which is used for wounds and removing pain, principally from gout. The manuscript, attributed to Champlain, describes his voyage sailing with a Spanish fleet to the Caribbean in 1599 to 1600.
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Time Period:
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1601-1650
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References:
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Wilmere, A. Narrative of a voyage to the West Indies, p. 26; http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/eclectic/sayre/copaiba.html (Apr. 2004)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1884.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Mexico
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