Cassava plant. 16th-century artwork of a cassava plant and roots (Manihot esculenta). This plant, the root of which is edible, is native to South Amer

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Cassava plant. 16th-century artwork of a cassava plant and roots (Manihot esculenta). This plant, the root of which is edible, is native to South America. It is cultivated as a crop in the tropics worldwide. Artwork from 'Cosmographie universelle' (1575) by the French explorer and writer Andre Thevet (1516-1590). This book described the history and geography of the lands in which Thevet had travelled. The two volumes and four tomes contain over 1000 pages divided into 23 books. This woodcut is from chapter XVI of book XXI.

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