'An account of the Cinnamon Tree in Ceylon and its several Sorts communicated by the Chief Inspector of the Cinnamon Trade and manufacture in that Island to Albertus Seba, a noted Druggist at Amsterdam'
Reference number: RBO/13/23
Date: 1727
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Details about different types of cinnamon and about trade in cinnamon; details about its medicinal qualities
Translated by Dr Scheuchzer
Read to the Royal Society on 15 February 1727
- Reference number
- RBO/13/23
- Earliest possible date
- 1727
- Page extent
- 13 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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'An account of the Cinnamon Tree in Ceylon and its several Sorts communicated by the Chief Inspector of the Cinnamon Trade and manufacture in that Island to Albertus Seba, a noted Druggist at Amsterdam', 1727, RBO/13/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_13_23/an-account-of-the-cinnamon-tree-in-ceylon-and-its-several-sorts-communicated-by-the-chief-inspector-of-the-cinnamon-trade-and-manufacture-in-that-island-to-albertus-seba-a-noted-druggist-at-amsterdam, accessed on 16 January 2026
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Paper, 'An account of the cinnamon tree in Ceylon and its several sorts' by Albertus Seba
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 13, copies of papers communicated 1727-1728
1727-1728 Reference number: RBO/13
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