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'Explanation of the Picture describing the manner of Sowing, gathering and drying the Grana or Cochineal done by an Indian [sic] in the Bishoprick of Oaxaca in the Kingdom of Mexico in America'

Reference number: RBO/11/54

Date: 1722

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Read to the Royal Society on 26 April 1722

Reference number
RBO/11/54
Earliest possible date
1722
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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'Explanation of the Picture describing the manner of Sowing, gathering and drying the Grana or Cochineal done by an Indian [sic] in the Bishoprick of Oaxaca in the Kingdom of Mexico in America', 1722, RBO/11/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_11_54/explanation-of-the-picture-describing-the-manner-of-sowing-gathering-and-drying-the-grana-or-cochineal-done-by-an-indian-sic-in-the-bishoprick-of-oaxaca-in-the-kingdom-of-mexico-in-america, accessed on 06 December 2025

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