Fruit from La Canela of the Amazon
Date
1685
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
vol10 p242a
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 98mm
width (page): 67mm
width (page): 67mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Drawing of a fruit of the 'cinnamon of the Amazons', from La Canela, the Valley of Cinnamon, of the Amazon. Sent by Esprit Cabart de Villermont, Governor General of Cayenne, to Henri Justel, who sent it on to Francis Aston. Justel's letter was read to the Royal Society on 18 June 1684.
This image was copied from the one in LBO/10/194b.
This image was copied from the one in LBO/10/194b.
Transcription
Vous trouverez la figure du fleur de la Canelle des Amazones...
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
15 July 1685, ‘A letter of Mons. Justel to Mr Aston was read[…]. There were likewise sent from Mons. Villermont the figures of a star-fish, and of the fruit of the cinnamon of the Amazons, seeming to be like a pine-apple’ (Birch 4:415).
Related fellows
George Tollet (1679 - 1714, British) , Mathematician
Francis Aston (1644 - 1715, British) , Natural philosopher
Francis Aston (1644 - 1715, British) , Natural philosopher
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