COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
07126
accession_no
07126
Accession number
false
Record number:
07126-3
record_number
07126-3
Record number
false
JCB call number:
C578 C837t
jcb_call_no
C578 C837t
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Caius.
image_title
Caius.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Burgos]
place_image_published
[Burgos]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Martin de Victoria]
image_publisher
[Martin de Victoria]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1578
image_date
1578
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; p. 323
image_function
plate; p. 323
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
14 cm.
image_dimensions_height
14 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
9.1 cm.
image_dimensions_width
9.1 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
17.8 cm.
page_dimensions_height
17.8 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
12.1 cm.
page_dimensions_width
12.1 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Branch of the caius or cashew tree with its leaves, fruit, drupe, and flowers.
description
Branch of the caius or cashew tree with its leaves, fruit, drupe, and flowers.
Description
false
Source creator:
Acosta, Cristóbal, ca. 1515-ca. 1592
source_creator
Acosta, Cristóbal, ca. 1515-ca. 1592
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Tractado de las drogas] Tractado delas drogas, y medicinas de las Indias Orientales, con sus plantas debuxadas al biuo por Christoual Acosta ...
source_title
[Tractado de las drogas] Tractado delas drogas, y medicinas de las Indias Orientales, con sus plantas debuxadas al biuo por Christoual Acosta ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
En Burgos
source_place_of_publication
En Burgos
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Por Martin de Victoria impressor desu Magestad
source_publisher
Por Martin de Victoria impressor desu Magestad
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1578
source_date
1578
Source date
false
notes:
The scientific name of the cashew is Anacardium occidentale. It is native to northeastern Brazil and was introduced by the Portuguese to India and Africa. From the pseudofruit hangs the true fruit or drupe.
notes
The scientific name of the cashew is Anacardium occidentale. It is native to northeastern Brazil and was introduced by the Portuguese to India and Africa. From the pseudofruit hangs the true fruit or drupe.
notes
false
Time Period:
1492-1600
time_period
1492-1600
Time Period
false
References:
http://www.uga.edu/… (Nov. 2008)
references_
http://www.uga.edu/fruit/cashew.html (Nov. 2008)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1854.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1854.
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
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Brazil
geographic_areas
Brazil
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Cashew
subject_heads
Cashew
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Botany--Brazil
subject_heads
Botany--Brazil
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Brazil
subject_heads
Natural history--Brazil
Subject headings
false