Pineapple, 16th century is a photograph by Science Photo Library which was uploaded on March 7th, 2014.
Pineapple, 16th century
Pineapple. 16th-century artwork of a pineapple (Ananas comosus), here referred to in the accompanying text as a 'nana', from the word 'nanas' used by... more
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Pineapple, 16th century
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Pineapple. 16th-century artwork of a pineapple (Ananas comosus), here referred to in the accompanying text as a 'nana', from the word 'nanas' used by the Tupi people of South America. This led to the binomial genus name Ananas. Native to South America, it is now cultivated worldwide. Artwork from 'Cosmographie universelle' (1575) by the French explorer and writer Andre Thevet (1516-1590). This book described the history and geography of the lands in which Thevet had travelled. The two volumes and four tomes contain over 1000 pages divided into 23 books. This woodcut is from chapter XI of book XXI.
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