Paper, 'Of maiz [maize]' by Mr Winthorp [John Winthrop]
Reference number: CLP/10i/3
Date: 1662
Description
Winthrop discusses the appearance of different varieties of maize in detail and explains how maize is cultivated in New England by both English and native peoples.
Subject: Agriculture
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The description, culture and use of maiz. communicated by Mr. Winthorp'.
Read to the Royal Society on 31 December 1662.
- Reference number
- CLP/10i/3
- Earliest possible date
- 1662
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 9 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Winthrop, Paper, 'Of maiz [maize]' by Mr Winthorp [John Winthrop], 1662, CLP/10i/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_10i_3/paper-of-maiz-maize-by-mr-winthorp-john-winthrop, accessed on 23 March 2025
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The description, culture and use of maiz. communicated by Mr. Winthorp External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 1st February 1679
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1677.0073
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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