EditorialMangosteen, Garcinia mangostana, with fruit, bud, flower, leaf and section of ripe fruit. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a Ge...
EditorialPurple mangosteen tree, flower, leaf and fruit, Garcinia mangostana 1, and rattan tree, Calamus rotang, branch and leaf 2, and "dragon's blood" fruit 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Childre...
EditorialReports and offers from Anselmo de Yegros, ca.1832. Singapore. The Spanish priest Friar Anselmo Yegros arrived in Singapore in late1832, from Goa. He claimed to be head the Portuguese Mission, appointed as Vicar General of Singapore. Yegros offered met...
EditorialA worker cuts a mangosteen in half at Talad Thai, Bangkok’s wholesale fruit market and the largest in Southeast Asia, on June 10, 2020.(Amanda Mustard/The New York Times)
EditorialA mangosteen is opened at Talad Thai, Bangkok’s wholesale fruit market and the largest in Southeast Asia, on June 10, 2020. (Amanda Mustard/The New York Times)
EditorialPlants of Sumatra including clove 1, mangosteen 3, rambutan 4 and black pepper 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
EditorialPlants of Sumatra including clove 1, mangosteen 3, rambutan 4 and black pepper 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
EditorialMangosteen, Garcinia mangostana, with fruit, bud, flower, leaf and section of ripe fruit. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a Ge...
EditorialPurple mangosteen tree, flower, leaf and fruit, Garcinia mangostana 1, and rattan tree, Calamus rotang, branch and leaf 2, and "dragon's blood" fruit 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Childre...