Manila folder labelled 'Thozet'

Containers:

Box 2 (MS Acc22.020)

Component identifier:

File 31

Content Summary:

The folder contains photocopies of the title page and pages 6–15 of Anthèlme Thozet's (1828–1878) Notes on Some of the Roots, Tubers, Bulbs and Fruits Used as Vegetable Food by the Aboriginals of Northern Queensland, Australia, W. H. Buzacott, Rockhampton, 1866, held in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales. Duyker referenced Thozet's ethnobotanical work on page 191 of Nature's Argonaut, his biography of the Swedish naturalist Daniel Solander. In doing so, he mistakenly referred to Thozet as Mauritian. He was, in fact, born in France; see Stafleu, F. A. and Cowan, R. S. Taxonomic Literature: A Selective Guide to Botanical Publications and Collections with dates, commentaries and types, Bohn, Scheltema Holkema, Utrecht/Antwerp, 1986, vol. vi, p. 300

Immediate source of acquisition:

This collection was acquired from Edward Duyker in multiple instalments from 1996 to 2022.

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Exploration
History

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