| Reference number | CLP/10i/13 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'An account of the cocoa tree' by Th [Thomas] Linch [Lynch] |
| Date | 2 March 1672 |
| Description | A detailed description of cacao trees by Thomas Lynch, Governor of Jamaica. Lynch describes curing the tree's fruit and the methods of growing the cacao tree.
Subject: Botany / Agriculture
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An accurate description of the cacao-tree, and the way of it’s curing and husbandry, &c; given by an intelligent person now residing in Jamaica'.
Read to the Royal Society on 22 May 1672. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1673.0009
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 8 (1673), p 6007 |