Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Ágave americano, ó maguéy.
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Accession number:
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11234
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Record number:
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11234-1
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JCB call number:
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B794 B194d
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Image title:
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Ágave americano, ó maguéy.
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Creator 1:
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Rubio
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Place image published:
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[Madrid]
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Image publisher:
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[viuda de D. Joaquin Ibarra]
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Image date:
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[1794]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate; following p. 298
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Technique:
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engraving, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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23.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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17.3 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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30.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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22.4 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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Languages:
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Spanish
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Description:
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Agave americana or maguey cactus with details of flower, pistil, calyx, and stamen, as well as a fragment of the root. Items in the image are numbered for identification in adjoining text.
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Source creator:
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Balmis, Francisco Xavier de
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Source Title:
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Demostracion de las eficaces virtudes neuvamente descubiertas en las raices de dos plantas de Nueva-España, especies e ágave ye de begónias
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Source place of publication:
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Madrid
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Source publisher:
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En la imprenta de la viuda de D. Joaquin Ibarra
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Source date:
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MDCCXCIV. [1794]
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notes:
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Also known as the century plant, a variety of the agave is used today primarily for the production of tequila, but has also been used for food, writing material, medicine, and as rope or to make shoes. Balmis advocated the use of the roots of agave in the therapeutic treatment of veneral disease and scrofula.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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http://florawww.eeb.uconn.edu/acc_num/198800117.html (May 2003)
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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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Commentary:
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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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