COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
09519
Record number:
09519-17
JCB call number:
E746 P944h / 1-SIZE
Image title:
1. Zapota ou Sapotier 2. Sapotille. 3. Cacaotier. 4. Cacao.
Place image published:
[Paris]
Image publisher:
[Didot]
Image date:
[1754]
Image function:
plate; vol. 12, following p. 594
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
20.9 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width:
17.6 cm. (platemark)
Page dimension height:
25.4 cm.
Page dimension width:
19.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
French, Spanish
Description:
Branch, fruit, flower, and cross-section of fruit of the sapote tree and branch, cross section of fruit, and fruit of the cocao. Items are numbered for identification in key at top of image.
Source creator:
Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763
Source Title:
[Histoire générale des voyages] Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre ... Tome douzieme
Source place of publication:
A Paris
Source publisher:
Chez Didot, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, à la Bible d'or
Source date:
M.DCC.LIV. [1754]
notes:
Black and white sapote (zapote in Spanish) trees are discussed on pp. 604-605 of the text. White sapote is Casimiroa edulis, and black sapote, actually related to the persimmon, is Diospyros digna. Text discusses the value and uses of the plants.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1870.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
Subject headings:
Natural history--Mexico
Subject headings:
Cacao
Subject headings:
Botany--Mexico
1. Zapota ou Sapotier 2. Sapotille. 3. Cacaotier. 4. Cacao.
