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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
35892
Record number:
35892-41
JCB call number:
E742 L114n
Image title:
[Growth of the coconut palm]
Place image published:
[Paris]
Image publisher:
[Guillaume Cavelier]
Image date:
[1742]
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 3, following p. 268
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
12.6 cm.
Image dimension width:
13.9 cm.
Page dimension height:
16.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
19.7 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
French
Description:
Coconut palm in various stages of development, the emerging palm, the young palm tree, and the mature coconut. Includes leaves and fruits.
Source creator:
Labat, Jean Baptiste, 1663-1738
Source Title:
Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amerique ... Tome troisième
Source place of publication:
A Paris
Source publisher:
Chez Guillaume Cavelier Pere, Libraire, au Lys d'or
Source date:
M. DCC. XLII. [1742]
notes:
Scientific name: Cocos nucifera.A French Dominican and missionary, Labat was sent to the West Indies from 1693 to 1706. He illustrated much of his work himself.
Time Period:
1701-1750
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
Subject headings:
Natural history--Caribbean area

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