Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Pomme Canelle.
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Accession number:
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06391
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Record number:
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06391-7
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JCB call number:
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Codex Fr 6
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Image title:
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Pomme Canelle.
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Place image published:
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[Guadeloupe]
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Image date:
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[1765 or later]
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Image function:
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illustration 6; following p. 99
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Technique:
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manuscript
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Image dimension height:
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8.9 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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5.2 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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14.7 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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9.4 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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Languages:
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French
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Description:
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Sugar apple fruit.
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Source Title:
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Notes sur la Guadeloupe
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Source place of publication:
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[Guadeloupe]
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Source date:
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1765 [or later]
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notes:
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The sugar apple, Annona squamosa, is a variety of the soursop. Also known as the chirimoya [cherimoya]. This manuscript is an eyewitness account of the island, its economy, and its recovery from the desvastation caused by the British seizure in 1759.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1871.
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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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Caribbean Islands
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Annona
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Subject headings:
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Botany--Caribbean area
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Caribbean area
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