Cortex winteranus
Date
1693
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
After
George Handisyd, Surgeon
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Description
Botanical study of the Cortex winteranus tree, native to the Magellan Straits, showing the leaves and flowers on the twig and the seeds.
Illustration to An account of the true Cortex winteranus and the tree that bears it. By Hans Sloan, M.D. and S.R.S. published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 17, issue 204 (1693), pp.922-924. Read at the meeting of the Royal Society 4 Feb 1691, JBO/9 pp.28-29, the original illustration by George Handisyd can be found in the ‘scrap book’ of scientific illustrations from the Philosophical Transactions MS/131/91-B.
Illustration to An account of the true Cortex winteranus and the tree that bears it. By Hans Sloan, M.D. and S.R.S. published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 17, issue 204 (1693), pp.922-924. Read at the meeting of the Royal Society 4 Feb 1691, JBO/9 pp.28-29, the original illustration by George Handisyd can be found in the ‘scrap book’ of scientific illustrations from the Philosophical Transactions MS/131/91-B.
Related fellows
Hans Sloane (1660 - 1753, Irish) , Physician
Associated place
Credit
©The Royal Society
Image number
RS.19032
