Johann Philipp Breyne to Hans Sloane – September 19, 1711
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Date: September 19, 1711 Author: Johann Philipp Breyne Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042 Folio: ff. 344-351
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Latin
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British Library, London
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Library, Philosophical Transactions, Scholarship, Scientific, Travel
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Botany, Gardens, Italy, Natural History, Plants
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September 19, 1711
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Danzig
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This letter was published as Phil. Trans. 1710, 27: 447-459. Breyne describes his experiences in Danzig, which have prevented him from maintaining his correspondence. He is currently preparing a book on rare and exotic plants. Breyne relays his medical and natural historical observations, made during his 1703 trip to Italy. He communicates a list of rare plants he observed in Italy, descriptions of towns including Livorno, Pisa, Florence, and Rome, and accounts of Italian universities, botanical gardens, and libraries. 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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