A man climbing a coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) which stands by a banana plant (Musa sp.), in a waterside setting in Bombay, India. Engraving by J. Shury after J. Forbes, 1768.

  • Forbes, James, 1749-1819.
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[1st June 1812]
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view A man climbing a coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) which stands by a banana plant (Musa sp.), in a waterside setting in Bombay, India. Engraving by J. Shury after J. Forbes, 1768.

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A man climbing a coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) which stands by a banana plant (Musa sp.), in a waterside setting in Bombay, India. Engraving by J. Shury after J. Forbes, 1768. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[London (Fleet Street)] : [White, Cochrane & Co.], [1st June 1812]

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Hindoo peasant ascending the cocoa nut tree to draw the tari or toddy. Engraved by J.Shury. Jam.Forbes, Bombay, 1768.

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J. Forbes, Oriental Memoirs, vol. 4, London, 1813, pp. 351-379

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Wellcome Collection 20053i

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