Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: a. Sapotille. b. le Mango. c. Cirouelles. d. Pomme rose. e. Fruit du Mombin.
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Accession number:
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05686
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Record number:
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05686-7
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JCB call number:
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F809 D446
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Image title:
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a. Sapotille. b. le Mango. c. Cirouelles. d. Pomme rose. e. Fruit du Mombin.
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[Dufart, père]
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Image date:
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[1809]
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 2, following p. 48
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Technique:
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stipple engraving, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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14.7 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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9.7 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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19.6 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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11.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink, colors
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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Sapodilla fruit, mango fruit, cirouelle fruit, rose apples, and a plum-like fruit known as mombin.Items are lettered for identification in adjacent text.
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Source creator:
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Descourtilz, M. E. (Michel Etienne), b. 1775
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Source Title:
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Voyages d'un naturaliste, et ses observations ... Tome premier
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Source place of publication:
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Paris
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Source publisher:
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Dufart, père, libraire-éditeur
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Source date:
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1809
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notes:
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The sapodilla (Manilkara zapota) is native to the Yucatan and Mexico and has spread throughout the Caribbean. Its sap was used as a gum by the Maya. Mangos (Mangifera indica) are native to southern Asia. Cirouelles (Spondias purpurea) are also known as mombin rouge. The pomme rose or rose apple (Syzygium jambos) is originally from India and was introduced to Jamaica in 1762, spreading to the rest of the Caribbean from there. Mombin fruit or a kind of plum (Spondias mombin) is native to South America and common in the West Indies.Michel Etienne Descourtilz, a French naturalist, lived in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) during much of the revolt that led to the independence of Haiti.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1870.
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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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Caribbean Islands
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Botany--Haiti
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Haiti
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