Pepper Plant, Piment ou Poivre d'Inde
Title
Pepper Plant, Piment ou Poivre d'Inde
Subject
Pepper Plant
Description
This image is an ink drawing of a pepper plant found in Bryan Edwards' "The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies." The illustration appears in Volume I-II.
Creator
Anonymous
Source
The Mariners' Museum
"The Great Exchange: Plants"
"The Great Exchange: Plants"
Publisher
Mariners' Museum
Date
"The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies" published 1794
Contributor
Delaney Coveno
Rights
"The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies" was published before 1923, and therefore is in the public domain and is available for use without copyright restrictions or limits.
Relation
Mariners' Museum Library
Format
The image was originally an ink drawing on paper, appearing in a book. Published here as a digital image with 371x364 pixels.
Language
French (Book is in English)
Type
Ink illustration in 18th century book
Identifier
This image is an illustration of a pepper plant published in an 18th century history book. An image of a pepper plant is included in this work because peppers were important to trade and colonization in the West Indies.
Coverage
18th century British colonial trade and agriculture in the West Indies
Original Format
paper illustration in book
Physical Dimensions
[no text]
Files
Citation
Anonymous, “Pepper Plant, Piment ou Poivre d'Inde,” Food origins, accessed September 19, 2024, https://tenochtitlan.omeka.net/items/show/42.