The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Matthew Colvill ( - fl. c. 1700)
Ship surgeon Relevant locations: Visited Pulo Verara, Strait of MalaccaReferences in Documents:
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 812. Chama
ferè violaceis.
pura radiata
Surgeon,Pulo Verara Straits
; West-Indies .
Indiæ utriusquestriata, extremitatibus intus
ferè violaceis.
anChama
diffusior, intus violacea striata ex pur
pura radiata
List. H. C.
Mr. Colvill
Surgeon,
brought me this from
an Island in the
ofMalacca
and I find it the same with what I have received
from the
from the
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 7. Mr. MATTHEW COLVILL ,
ction of suchPulo Verara , an Island near
Surgeon, gave me a Colle
ction of such
Shellshe found on
Ma
lacca
lacca