Histoire Naturelle des Indes or the Drake Manuscript, Folios 21v-22r
Title
Histoire Naturelle des Indes or the Drake Manuscript, Folios 21v-22r
Subject
Natural history --Caribbean Area.
Indians --First contact with Europeans.
1586.
Caribbean Area --Description and travel.
Caribbean Area --Social life and customs.
Caribbean Area --Pictorial works.
Indians --First contact with Europeans.
1586.
Caribbean Area --Description and travel.
Caribbean Area --Social life and customs.
Caribbean Area --Pictorial works.
Description
This source image displays red, green, and yellow peppers with a description of each in relation to the lives of the native peoples of the West Indies.
Creator
The combined work of at least two unknown scribes and two unknown artists.
Source
Pierpont Morgan Library, MA 3900 (http://www.themorgan.org/collection/Histoire-Naturelle-des-Indes/22)
Publisher
Bequest of Clara S. Peck, 1983.
Date
ca. 1586
Contributor
Olivia Walseth
Rights
Pierpont Morgan Library Dept. of Literary and Historical Manuscripts
Relation
[no text]
Format
Illustrated manuscript, Binding: 30 x 21 cm; individual leaves: 29.3 x 19.7 cm.
Language
With accompanying captions written in late sixteenth-century French
Type
Manuscript
Identifier
[no text]
Coverage
[no text]
Files
Citation
The combined work of at least two unknown scribes and two unknown artists., “Histoire Naturelle des Indes or the Drake Manuscript, Folios 21v-22r,” Food origins, accessed March 28, 2025, https://tenochtitlan.omeka.net/items/show/80.