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Krakatoa: plantain trees (Musa x paradisiaca) and coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) in a forest clearing, with native man and his hut. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.

Palm tree (Cocos nucifera?) in arid landscape. Watercolour, 1862.

Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807, after J. Ihle.

A man climbing a coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) which stands by a banana plant (Musa sp.), in a waterside setting in Bombay, India. Engraving by J. Shury after J. Forbes, 1768.

Coconuts and trees (Cocos nucifera), a cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum verum) and pinang tree (Areca catechu), in a tropical landscape. Line engraving after J. Nieuhoff.

A group of men in turbans are carrying a litter, and attending to their passenger. Coloured aquatint by J. Wells after C. Gold.

M0001994: Line illustration depicting 3 different types of palms, captioned Diplothemium maritimum, Cocos nucifera and Attalea compta

A European gentleman is carried in a sedan chair with louvred windows by a group of Indian men holding spears. Coloured aquatint by J. Wells after C. Gold, 1804.

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A group of men in turbans are carrying a litter, and attending to their passenger. Coloured aquatint by J. Wells after C. Gold.

M0001994: Line illustration depicting 3 different types of palms, captioned Diplothemium maritimum, Cocos nucifera and Attalea compta

Palm tree (Cocos nucifera?) in arid landscape. Watercolour, 1862.

A European gentleman is carried in a sedan chair with louvred windows by a group of Indian men holding spears. Coloured aquatint by J. Wells after C. Gold, 1804.

Coconuts and trees (Cocos nucifera), a cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum verum) and pinang tree (Areca catechu), in a tropical landscape. Line engraving after J. Nieuhoff.