COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
11234
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11234
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Record number:
11234-1
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11234-1
Record number
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JCB call number:
B794 B194d
jcb_call_no
B794 B194d
JCB call number
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Image title:
Ágave americano, ó maguéy.
image_title
Ágave americano, ó maguéy.
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Rubio
creator1
Rubio
Creator 1
false
Place image published:
[Madrid]
place_image_published
[Madrid]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[viuda de D. Joaquin Ibarra]
image_publisher
[viuda de D. Joaquin Ibarra]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1794]
image_date
[1794]
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate; following p. 298
image_function
fold-out plate; following p. 298
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
technique
engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
23.8 cm.
image_dimensions_height
23.8 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
17.3 cm.
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17.3 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
30.2 cm.
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30.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
22.4 cm.
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22.4 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink, colors
materials_medium
ink, colors
Materials medium
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
Materials support
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Languages:
Spanish
languages
Spanish
Languages
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Description:
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.
description
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.
Description
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Source creator:
Balmis, Francisco Xavier de
source_creator
Balmis, Francisco Xavier de
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Demostracion de las eficaces virtudes neuvamente descubiertas en las raices de dos plantas de Nueva-España, especies e ágave ye de begónias
source_title
Demostracion de las eficaces virtudes neuvamente descubiertas en las raices de dos plantas de Nueva-España, especies e ágave ye de begónias
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Madrid
source_place_of_publication
Madrid
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
En la imprenta de la viuda de D. Joaquin Ibarra
source_publisher
En la imprenta de la viuda de D. Joaquin Ibarra
Source publisher
false
Source date:
MDCCXCIV. [1794]
source_date
MDCCXCIV. [1794]
Source date
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notes:
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.
notes
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.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
http://florawww.eeb… (May 2003)
references_
http://florawww.eeb.uconn.edu/acc_num/198800117.html (May 2003)
References
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
Commentary:
commentary
<a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a>
Commentary
false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Mexico
subject_heads
Natural history--Mexico
Subject headings
false