COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
9284
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9284
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Record number:
9284-2
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9284-2
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JCB call number:
F582 L463c
jcb_call_no
F582 L463c
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Cacao.
image_title
Cacao.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Antwerp]
place_image_published
[Antwerp]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[C. Plantin]
image_publisher
[C. Plantin]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1582]
image_date
[1582]
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false
Image function:
illustration; p. 29
image_function
illustration; p. 29
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
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woodcut
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false
Image dimension height:
5.8 cm.
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5.8 cm.
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false
Image dimension width:
5.8 cm.
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5.8 cm.
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Page dimension height:
15.7 cm.
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15.7 cm.
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Page dimension width:
9.7 cm.
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9.7 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Description:
Fruits or pods of the cacao tree. One is shown broken open.
description
Fruits or pods of the cacao tree. One is shown broken open.
Description
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Source creator:
Clusius, Carolus, 1526-1609
source_creator
Clusius, Carolus, 1526-1609
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Caroli Clusii Atreb. aliquot notæ in Garciæ aromatum historiam. eiusdem descriptiones nonnullarum stirpium, & aliarum exoticarum rerum, qu[a]e à ... Francisco Drake ...
source_title
Caroli Clusii Atreb. aliquot notæ in Garciæ aromatum historiam. eiusdem descriptiones nonnullarum stirpium, & aliarum exoticarum rerum, qu[a]e à ... Francisco Drake ...
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Source place of publication:
Antuerpiæ [Antwerp]M.D.LXXXII [1582]
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Antuerpiæ [Antwerp]M.D.LXXXII [1582]
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false
Source publisher:
Ex officina Christophori Plantini
source_publisher
Ex officina Christophori Plantini
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false
Source date:
M.D.LXXXII [1582]
source_date
M.D.LXXXII [1582]
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notes:
This is probably Theobroma cacao sphaerocarpum, the South American species that has smooth as opposed to ridged fruits. The plant is now believed to be native to the Amazon River basin. Charles De L'écluse, or Lescluse, born in Arras, then part of the Southern Netherlands, developed new garden cultures and cultivated plants, such as the tulip, potato, and chestnut, from other parts of the world. He was the director of the Holy Roman emperor's garden in Vienna (157387) and from 1593 was chair of botany at the University of Leiden, where his cultivation of tulips in the botanic garden began the Dutch tulip bulb industry. This book is comprised of notes on a botanical work (1563) by Garcia da Orta, a Portuguese physician who lived in Goa, India, and published several works about native herbs and spices. It also includes Clusius's notes about plants observed by Sir Francis Drake, on the western coast of America during his circumnavigation of the world (1577-1580). In the dedication Clusius describes his visit to Drake. Among the plants described are cocoa and "Winter's bark," a medicinal bark named for Captain William Winter, who sailing with Drake while passing through the Straits of Magellan in 1578, used the bark to cure scurvy among his crew.
notes
This is probably Theobroma cacao sphaerocarpum, the South American species that has smooth as opposed to ridged fruits. The plant is now believed to be native to the Amazon River basin. Charles De L'écluse, or Lescluse, born in Arras, then part of the Southern Netherlands, developed new garden cultures and cultivated plants, such as the tulip, potato, and chestnut, from other parts of the world. He was the director of the Holy Roman emperor's garden in Vienna (157387) and from 1593 was chair of botany at the University of Leiden, where his cultivation of tulips in the botanic garden began the Dutch tulip bulb industry. This book is comprised of notes on a botanical work (1563) by Garcia da Orta, a Portuguese physician who lived in Goa, India, and published several works about native herbs and spices. It also includes Clusius's notes about plants observed by Sir Francis Drake, on the western coast of America during his circumnavigation of the world (1577-1580). In the dedication Clusius describes his visit to Drake. Among the plants described are cocoa and "Winter's bark," a medicinal bark named for Captain William Winter, who sailing with Drake while passing through the Straits of Magellan in 1578, used the bark to cure scurvy among his crew.
notes
false
Time Period:
1492-1600
time_period
1492-1600
Time Period
false
References:
http://www.lib.umic… http://www.plantsci… (Nov. 2007)
references_
http://www.lib.umich.edu/spec-coll/netreasures/science.html; http://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/gepts/pb143/crop/cacao/cacao.htm (Nov. 2007)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1913.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1913.
Provenance/Donor
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
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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:
Cacao
subject_heads
Cacao
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Botany--South America
subject_heads
Botany--South America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--South America
subject_heads
Natural history--South America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Botany--Pre-Linnean works
subject_heads
Botany--Pre-Linnean works
Subject headings
false