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RefNoRBO/16/6
AltRefNoRBO.16.13
LevelItem
TitleDr Houston's account of some plants from la Vera Cruz, with details of the cochineal harvest in Mexico
Date1730
DescriptionDetails about the plants Jallap and Contrayerva
Figure of the town of Guaspaltepeque, in the Bishopric of Oaxaca, Mexico, showing the manufacture of cochineal from insects fed on Nopal or wild Indian fig tree; the young insects are picked off and cured
Details about different types of cochineal
Details of the cochineal harvest in the bishopric of Antequera, Mexico
Original letter dated 9 December 1730 at Kingston
Read to the Royal Society on 1 July 1731
LanguageEnglish
Extent9 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialJBO/14/636
RelatedRecordCLP/15i/69
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