The John Bargrave Collection
Richard Ligon (c.1585 - 1662)
Business agent and natural science writer. Went to Barbados in 1647 with Thomas Modyford, where he worked for a few years before returning to London in 1650, publishing his True and Exact Historie of the Island of Barbadoes in 1657. On the way to Barbadoes, the expeditionmet a ship coming from 'Ginny' with a cargo of gold and elephants' teeth and the Captain, Blague by name, presented 'every gentleman of our company' with a present of rarities. ... He was familiar with The Ark, describing flies with 'great homes, which we keep in boxes, and are shewed by John Tradescan'" (176).He is probably the Mr. Liggon named as a benefactor in Musaeum Tradescantianum.
Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/74579 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ligon Relevant locations: Lived at or near London
Workplace or place of business Barbados
People linked to person: Richard Ligon was a source of object(s) for Tradescanti (-)
Richard Ligon was a visitor to the collection of Tradescanti (-)