The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
William Hughes ( - fl. 1665-1683)
Naturalist. Hughes' The American Physitian (1672) is based significantly on his personal observations in Jamaica:Nor was this written in a Closet or Study, in the corner of a house, amongst many Books; but the most of it, some time since, was taken, with many other Observations, rather in travelling the Woods, and description other parts, (when I had leisure at odd times to go on shore, being then belonging to one of his Majesties Ships of War) especially in that praise worthy Island of Jamaica (Preface).He describes a "Sweet-scented Pepper" endemic to Jamaica (53). Authority - early modern
Relevant locations: Visited Jamaica, West Indies
Linked print sources: as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - The American physitian, or, A treatise of the roots, plants, trees, shrubs, fruit, herbs, &c. growing in the English plantations in America.
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