Les observation de plusieurs singularitez et choses memorables, trouuées en Grece, Asie, Iudée, Egypte, Arabie, et autres pays estranges redigées en trois liures. Belon. Page 81. Illustration of a type of spruce tree from Turkey.
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Title
Les observation de plusieurs singularitez et choses memorables, trouuées en Grece, Asie, Iudée, Egypte, Arabie, et autres pays estranges redigées en trois liures. Belon. Page 81. Illustration of a type of spruce tree from Turkey.
Subject
Middle East -- Description and Travel
Description
This illustration depicts a specific kind of spruce tree that grows near the Hellespont strait in present day Turkey. Note that Belon not only talks about the specificities of the flora, but he also describes how the tree is used by the Turkish people to cover the roofs of their homes.
Creator
Belon, Pierre (1517-1565)
Publisher
Tufts University. Tisch Library.
Paris: Guillaume Cauellat
Date
1553
Format
Image/jpeg
Language
Fre
Type
Image
Coverage
1553
Collection
Citation
Belon, Pierre (1517-1565) , “Les observation de plusieurs singularitez et choses memorables, trouuées en Grece, Asie, Iudée, Egypte, Arabie, et autres pays estranges redigées en trois liures. Belon. Page 81. Illustration of a type of spruce tree from Turkey.,” Tufts Libraries Omeka, accessed April 19, 2024, https://omeka.library.tufts.edu/items/show/844.