Canary Islanders circling a fountain tree (Spathodea campanulata) and filling their urns with the water it secretes. Wood-engraving, ca. 1748.

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1748
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25428i
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view Canary Islanders circling a fountain tree (Spathodea campanulata) and filling their urns with the water it secretes. Wood-engraving, ca. 1748.

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Canary Islanders circling a fountain tree (Spathodea campanulata) and filling their urns with the water it secretes. Wood-engraving, ca. 1748. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The main picture has an oval border surrounded by a map of the Canary Islands

The fountain tree has inflated sepals full of secreted (?) water

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London (Kings Arms, in St. Pauls Church Yard) : J. Hinton, 1748.

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1 print : engraving ; platemark 20 x 23.2 cm

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The Canary Islands; & a draught of the fountain-tree in the island of Ferro. design'd & engrav'd for the Universal magazine, for J. Hinton, at the Kings Arms, in St. Pauls Church Yard, London, 1748 ... Lettering includes the names of islands and towns on the surrounding map

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Wellcome Collection 25428i

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