Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Cacaua Quahuitl]
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Accession number:
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07138
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Record number:
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07138-5
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JCB call number:
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B651 H557n / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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[Cacaua Quahuitl]
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Place image published:
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[Rome]
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Image publisher:
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[Vitale Mascardi]
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Image date:
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[1651]
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Image function:
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illustration; p. 79
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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11.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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6.7 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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33.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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21.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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Small cacao tree with its roots and seed pods.
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Source creator:
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Hernández, Francisco, 1517-1587
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Source Title:
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Nova plantarum, animalium et mineralium mexicanorum historia ...
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Source place of publication:
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Romae [Rome]
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Source publisher:
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Sumptibus Blasij Deuersini, & Zanobij Masotti Bibliopolarum. Typis Vitalis Mascardi
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Source date:
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MDCLI [1651]
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notes:
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Scientific name: Theobroma cacao. It is native to South America, and its seeds are used to make cocoa and chocolate. Its name comes from the Nahuatl word cacahuatl.Hernández was an expert on medicinal botany who became personal physician to King Philip II of Spain. In 1571 he left for Mexico and the Philippines where he collected specimens for seven years. Three indigenous artists accompanied him.Image title from chapter title.
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Time Period:
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1651-1700
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1971.
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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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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
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Subject headings:
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Cacao
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Subject headings:
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Botany
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