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Natural History in the Royal Library

Our changing relationship with the natural world, from Tudor to Victorian times

JOHN PARKINSON (1567-1650)

Theatrum Botanicum : the theater of plants

1640

RCIN 1167737

This book, finally published in 1640 after years of delay, describes new and exotic species of plants that were arriving in Europe from the Americas, Africa and Asia. Parkinson lists 28 species that had never been seen before in England, including the pineapple, pictured here, which would soon become a much sought-after luxury among Royalty and the nobility.


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