Description: Print Specifics: Type of print: Wood Engraving - Original antique printYear of printing: not indicated in the print - actual 1894 Publisher: D. Appleton & Co., New York, 5 Bond Street Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Light age toning of paper. Dimensions: 7 x 10.5 inches (17,5 x 26 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image. Paper weight: 2-3 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNotes: 1. Green color 'border' around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. The print detail is sharper than the photo of the print. Original Narrative: Ceiba Trees near Bolivar, Venezuela: Sooner or later South America will supply the gardens of Europe with other economic plants not yet acclimatised, such as the quinoa, a species of chenopodium, whose seeds when ground yield a kind of bread ; the arracacha root, which resembles celery; mate ("Paraguay tea"), which takes the place of tea in Argentina and South Brazil ; perhaps, also, the ceiba (cheese-tree), which attains a great size in the Bolivar district, Venezuela. The industries have received from South America the sap of various rubber plants ; and medicine is indebted to it for, amongst other products, such drugs as ipecacuanha ; tolu balm ; cinchona, which dispels fevers; and the coca leaf, which allays pain and the pangs of hunger. In return the South American continent has been enriched by nearly all the alimentary and industrial species of Europe and Asia. The banana spread so rapidly in the hot regions that most naturalists supposed it to be indigenous ; it was introduced into the New World by the now almost forgotten bishop, Thomas de Berlanga, the same benefactor of his kind to whom we owe the discovery of the Galapagos Islands. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.
Price: 14.62 USD
Location: Manassas, Virginia
End Time: 2023-11-29T23:36:14.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Listed By: Martin2001
Type: Print
Dimensions:: 7 x 10.5" (17,5 x 26 cm)
Year of Production: 1894
Original/Reproduction: Original Print
Theme: History, Geography, Travel, South America
Production Technique: Xylograph - Wood Engraving
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Ceiba Pentandra, Citiscape, Landscape
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
