Letter 1483

Breyne details his travels in Italy and Spain, including a list of scientists and physician he met along the way. He describes the countryside, flora, and insect life of Altea, Spain. He catalogues the plants and insects he collected. Breyne encloses illustrations of the insects. He passes on greetings to his English friends. The letter was published in Philosophical Transactions 1704-1705 24, 2045-2055. 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).