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:
09960
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09960
Accession number
false
Record number:
09960-19
record_number
09960-19
Record number
false
JCB call number:
E714 F426h
jcb_call_no
E714 F426h
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Inga Siliquis longissimis, vulgò Pacai.
image_title
Inga Siliquis longissimis, vulgò Pacai.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Pierre Giffart]
image_publisher
[Pierre Giffart]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1725
image_date
1725
Image date
false
Image function:
plate XIX [19]; part 2, following p. [76]
image_function
plate XIX [19]; part 2, following p. [76]
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
21.3 cm.
image_dimensions_height
21.3 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
15 cm.
image_dimensions_width
15 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
24.2 cm.
page_dimensions_height
24.2 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
18.3 cm.
page_dimensions_width
18.3 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Latin
languages
Latin
Languages
false
Description:
Branch of the Inga or Pacai plant with its leaves, flowers, and fruit or pod.
description
Branch of the Inga or Pacai plant with its leaves, flowers, and fruit or pod.
Description
false
Source creator:
Feuillée, Louis, 1660-1732
source_creator
Feuillée, Louis, 1660-1732
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Journal des observations physiques, mathématiques et botaniques. Selections] Histoire des plantes medecinales qui sont le plus en usage aux royaumes de l'Amerique meridionale, du Perou & du Chily, composée sur les lieux par ordre du Roy, dans les années 1709. 1710. & 1711.
source_title
[Journal des observations physiques, mathématiques et botaniques. Selections] Histoire des plantes medecinales qui sont le plus en usage aux royaumes de l'Amerique meridionale, du Perou & du Chily, composée sur les lieux par ordre du Roy, dans les années 1709. 1710. & 1711.
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
[A Paris]
source_place_of_publication
[A Paris]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
[rue S. Jacques, chez Pierre Giffart]
source_publisher
[rue S. Jacques, chez Pierre Giffart]
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1725
source_date
1725
Source date
false
notes:
This is probably Inga edulis, a leguminous tree native to the humid American tropics. Its fruit is called the ice cream bean.Feuillée, a member of the order of Minims, worked with Jacques Cassini as a hydrographer and later made trips using his knowledge of currents, astronomy, and botany to the Caribbean, Peru, and Chile.Detached copy from v. 2 and [3] of the author's Journal des observations physiques, mathematiques et botaniques, Paris, 1714-1725. Imprint for this part taken from the title page of vol. [3] of the author's Journal des observations physiques, mathematiques et botaniques. Paris, 1725.
notes
This is probably Inga edulis, a leguminous tree native to the humid American tropics. Its fruit is called the ice cream bean.Feuillée, a member of the order of Minims, worked with Jacques Cassini as a hydrographer and later made trips using his knowledge of currents, astronomy, and botany to the Caribbean, Peru, and Chile.Detached copy from v. 2 and [3] of the author's Journal des observations physiques, mathematiques et botaniques, Paris, 1714-1725. Imprint for this part taken from the title page of vol. [3] of the author's Journal des observations physiques, mathematiques et botaniques. Paris, 1725.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
References:
http://andes.asu.ed… http://www.winrock.… (Oct. 2008)
references_
http://andes.asu.edu/ethnobotany-active/Fabaceae/Fabaceae_Inga_Species_10/Fabaceae_Inga_species.html; http://www.winrock.org/fnrm/factnet/factpub/FACTSH/inga.htm (Oct. 2008)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1874.
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:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
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:
Medicinal plants
subject_heads
Medicinal plants
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Inga (Plants)
subject_heads
Inga (Plants)
Subject headings
false