COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
06556
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06556
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Record number:
06556-1
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06556-1
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JCB call number:
B799 R934d
jcb_call_no
B799 R934d
JCB call number
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Image title:
Aristolochia fragrantissima.
image_title
Aristolochia fragrantissima.
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Isidro Gálvez
creator1
Isidro Gálvez
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
del.
creator1_role
del.
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false
Creator 2:
J. M. Vega
creator2
J. M. Vega
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false
Creator 2 role:
inct.
creator2_role
inct.
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false
Place image published:
[Madrid]
place_image_published
[Madrid]
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false
Image publisher:
[José del Collado]
image_publisher
[José del Collado]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1805
image_date
1805
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate; at end
image_function
fold-out plate; at end
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
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engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
30.2 cm.
image_dimensions_height
30.2 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
20.8 cm.
image_dimensions_width
20.8 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
37.4 cm.
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37.4 cm.
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Page dimension width:
25.5 cm.
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25.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Description:
Star reed plant, also known as guaco, or, in Peru, as Bejuca de la Estrella, showing entire plant especially the roots, but also the twining stems or vine, leaves, flowers, seed pods and detail of pistil and stamens. Items in the image are numbered for identification in preceding text.
description
Star reed plant, also known as guaco, or, in Peru, as Bejuca de la Estrella, showing entire plant especially the roots, but also the twining stems or vine, leaves, flowers, seed pods and detail of pistil and stamens. Items in the image are numbered for identification in preceding text.
Description
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Source creator:
Ruiz, Hipólito, 1754-1816
source_creator
Ruiz, Hipólito, 1754-1816
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Memoria sobre las virtudes y usos de la planta llamada en el Perú bejuco de la estrella ...
source_title
Memoria sobre las virtudes y usos de la planta llamada en el Perú bejuco de la estrella ...
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Source place of publication:
En Madrid
source_place_of_publication
En Madrid
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false
Source publisher:
en la Imprenta de D. José del Collado
source_publisher
en la Imprenta de D. José del Collado
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false
Source date:
1805
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1805
Source date
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notes:
Bejuca de la Estrella is used as a treatment against dysentery in Peru, as well as being an antidote to snake bite.Eager to showcase the pharmacological importance of South American plants, the Spanish crown sponsored several botanical surveys of the New World. Ruiz was the director of the survey of Chile and Peru and published a number of successful scientific publications.
notes
Bejuca de la Estrella is used as a treatment against dysentery in Peru, as well as being an antidote to snake bite.Eager to showcase the pharmacological importance of South American plants, the Spanish crown sponsored several botanical surveys of the New World. Ruiz was the director of the survey of Chile and Peru and published a number of successful scientific publications.
notes
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Time Period:
1801-1850
time_period
1801-1850
Time Period
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
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false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Peru
subject_heads
Natural history--Peru
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Botany--Peru
subject_heads
Botany--Peru
Subject headings
false