Record Number: 10133
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Authors tell strange stories about the immense size to which this fruit grows in some countries which are favourable to it. Rumphius says that they are sometimes so large that a man cannot easily lift one of them: the Malays told me that at Madura they were so large that two men could but carry one of them; at Batavia, however, they never exceed the size of a large melon, which in shape they resemble, but are coated over with angular spines like the shootings of some crystals: they are, however, soft, and do not at all prick any one who handles them.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:25 Dec 1770
Country:At sea off Suva
Timen/a
Place:other location: On board HMS Endeavour
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:13 Feb 1743
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Naturalist
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:At sea off Suva
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Herbrium Aboinensis
Genre:Natural history
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:10133
Source:Joseph Banks
Editor:Joseph Hooker
Title:Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., K.B. P.R.S. during Captain Cook's first voyage in HMS Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra del Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies etc.
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1896
Vol:n/a
Page:395
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Joseph Banks, Joseph Hooker (ed.), Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., K.B. P.R.S. during Captain Cook's first voyage in HMS Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra del Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies etc., (London, 1896), p. 395, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=10133, accessed: 15 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Date of birth is given as 2 February 1743 (O. S.) which has been converted to the modern date. The fruit "Nanca" (Sitodium cauliflorum) is being described.
