Johann Philipp Breyne to Hans Sloane – March 23, 1728
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Date: March 23, 1728 Author: Johann Philipp Breyne Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049 Folio: f. 130
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English
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British Library, London
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Collections, Scholarship, Trade or Commodities
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Amber, Botany, Gardens, Indigo, Memoires de l'Academie, Seeds, Specimens
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March 23, 1728
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Dantz.
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Mr Kenworthy
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Breyne describes a piece of amber that was supposed to be delivered to Sloane by Mr Kenworthy. Another piece of amber was ‘bought by ye King of Poland at a very high rate viz: 50 Ducats.’ Breyne encloses indigo seeds from his personal garden. He discusses Monsieur Marchand’s article, which was published in the Memoires de l’Academie. Johann Philipp Breyne (1680-1764) was a German botanist, zoologist, and entomologist known primarily for his work on the Polish cochineal, or Porphyrophora polonica, used in red dye production. He became a fellow of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1715 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Philipp_Breyne).
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