African herbal tree. 16th-century artwork of indigenous people in Senegal harvesting herbs from an 'achanaca' tree, used for healing sickness. This ma
African herbal tree. 16th-century artwork of indigenous people in Senegal harvesting herbs from an 'achanaca' tree, used for healing sickness. This may possibly be an acacia tree. 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 II of book III.
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