The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
George Stonestreet ( - fl. c. 1698)
In his Centuria, James Petiver refers to the Reverend Mr. James Stonestreet and his brother, and elsewhere refers to a "Mr. George Stonestreet", who is presumably that same brother. He seemed to be involved in some way with trading enterprises in the South Atlantic off the Coast of Africa. Relevant locations: Visited Saint Helena, Atlantic OceanVisited Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Relationships: George Stonestreet was a brother of William Stonestreet (1659-1716)
References in Documents:
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) * 143. Amaranthoides Polygoni folio hirsuto Lu
puloides, exStonestreet
puloides, ex
Ins. S. Helenæ. This elegant Plant with several
others, the Reverend Mr.
others, the Reverend Mr
gave me, whoseBrother col
lected them at
lected them at
St. Helena
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) * 149. Aster Cap. B. S. Elichrysi folio lanuginoso, fl.
albo.Cape of Good Hope , Stonestreet ,
albo.
Collected at the
by Mr.
and given me by hisBrother .
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) * 230. Gnaphalium teretifolium è Stonestreet , Cape of Good
Hope ; Table-Mount
.Monte Tabulari .
These were gathered by Mr
These were gathered by Mr
at the
Hope
this on the
there.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 516. Papilio minor aureus, maculis nigris apicibus alarum
transparentibus, èCapit. Bonæ-Spei . Stonestreet , Cuninghame .
transparentibus, è
First observed there by
Mr.
Mr
and since that by Mr.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 692. Vaccinia Africana foliis decussatis cordi formibus.
James Cuninghame
and George Stonestreet Cape of Good-Hope Ruysch Amsterdam .
Mr.
and Mr.
have both
brought was this elegantPlant from the
brought was this elegant
I
have also receivedit from Dr.
have also received
at