Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Chamaerops Palmetto. Cabbage tree.
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Accession number:
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05800
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Record number:
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05800-60
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JCB call number:
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E810 M622 / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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Chamaerops Palmetto. Cabbage tree.
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Creator 1:
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A. Riché
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Creator 1 role:
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delt.
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Creator 2:
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Renard
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Creator 2 role:
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sc.
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[L. Haussmann]
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Image date:
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[1812]
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Image function:
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plate 10 [second count]; vol. 2, following p. [186]
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Technique:
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stipple engraving, color printing, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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19.6 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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13.5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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26.9 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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17.1 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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Cabbage palm tree, Chamaerops palmetto, with its fruit and seedlings.
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Source creator:
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Michaux, François André, 1770-1855
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Source Title:
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Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique septentrionale, considérés principalement sous les rapports de leur usage dans les arts et de leur introduction dans le commerce, ... Tome II.
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Source place of publication:
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Paris
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Source publisher:
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De L'Imprimerie de L. Haussmann.
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Source date:
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M. D. CCC. XII. [1812]
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notes:
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This tree is now known as the Sabal palmetto. It is indigenous to the southeastern United States. The buds of new fronds were used as a food by native Americans (hence its cabbage name), but this practice causes the death of the tree. Michaux notes its cold-hardiness, and it has historically been observed as far north as Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Michaux related this tree to its apparent European counterpart Chamaerops.André Michaux and his son François-André were sent in 1785 by the French government to study the forest resources of North America. The French hoped to reforest their own country. François-André returned a few years later, also with a commission from the French government, and produced the Histoire des arbres forestiers ... Paris, 1810-13.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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References:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabal_palmetto (April 2008)
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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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North America
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Botany--North America
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--North America
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Subject headings:
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Cabbage palmetto
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