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Anthony Bigg ( - fl. c. 1698)

He and his son of the same name were correspondents of James Petiver (Parsons and Murphy, 513) Relevant locations: Lived at or near Port Royal
Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - Ecosystems under Sail: Specimen Transport in the Eighteenth-Century French and British Atlantics.
References in Documents:
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) * 109. Serpens variegatus minor Jamaicensis. This Mr. Anth. Bigg sent me from Jamaica. To this Tribe I think it may not be improper to add the following rarity, viz.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) * 117. Lacerta Jamaicensis, lineĆ¢ in dorso pyramidali, indice posteriore longissimo. I received this from Mr. Anthony Bigg of Port-Royal in Jamaica.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 756. Capillaris Jamaicensis elatius, pinnis triangularibus. Adiantum ramosum foliis Trapezii dentatis Plum. 31. Tab. 46. Adiantum nigrum non ramosum majus, surculis raris, pinnulis densis, crassis, minimis, cristatis & Trapezii in modum figuratis Cat. Pl. Jam. 21. This Mr. Anthony Biggs sent me from Jamaica.