The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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John Heardson ( - fl. c. 1702)

Apothecary
Relevant locations: Visited Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Visited Surat, Gujarat
References in Documents:
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 11. Fungus CAPENSIS subtus porosus. This above resembles our Rain-bow Mushrome, but underneath is pounc'd like a Thimble. My kind Friend Mr. John Heardson Apothecary gathered this at the Cape of Good Hope in his Way to Suratt.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) Fig. 1. MElilotusMelilotus Suratensis minimus. Mr. John Heardson, was so kind to fend me this amongst other Plants which he collected about Surat.