The manner of propagating, gathering & curing ye Grana or Cochineel, done by an Indian in the Bishoprick of Guaxaca in …
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![The manner of propagating, gathering & curing ye Grana or Cochineel, done by an Indian in the Bishoprick of Guaxaca in the Kingdom of Mexico in America. Description: Stages in the commercial production of cochineal dye. Prickly pears (opuntia) host plant of the cochineal (a scale insect) are grown in a field. Human activity includes farming, cooking tortillas, production of dye. Social interactions consist of a cacique, "gentleman Indian descendant of the family of Montezuma," instructing a native American worker. Items in the image are lettered for identification in a key below. Source creator: Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753. Source title: A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves. S. Christophers and Jamaica: with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands. Source place of publication: London. Source publisher: Printed by B.M. for the author. Source date: 1707 [-1725]. Record number: 08845-1.](https://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/preview/YJC/YJC0/YJC0011/YJC0011082_.jpg "The manner of propagating, gathering & curing ye Grana or Cochineel, done by an Indian in the Bishoprick of Guaxaca in …")
| Caption | The manner of propagating, gathering & curing ye Grana or Cochineel, done by an Indian in the Bishoprick of Guaxaca in the Kingdom of Mexico in America. Description: Stages in the commercial production of cochineal dye. Prickly pears (opuntia) host plant of the cochineal (a scale insect) are grown in a field. Human activity includes farming, cooking tortillas, production of dye. Social interactions consist of a cacique, "gentleman Indian descendant of the family of Montezuma," instructing a native American worker. Items in the image are lettered for identification in a key below. Source creator: Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753. Source title: A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves. S. Christophers and Jamaica: with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands. Source place of publication: London. Source publisher: Printed by B.M. for the author. Source date: 1707 [-1725]. Record number: 08845-1. |
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