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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'

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

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RBO/13/23
Earliest possible date
1727
Page extent
13 pages
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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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