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A plantation of cochineal cacti (Nopalea cochenillifera) with workers gathering and preparing cochineal. Engraving.
Wellcome Collection

A plantation of cochineal cacti (Nopalea cochenillifera) with workers gathering and preparing cochineal. Engraving.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: The manner of propagating, gathering and curing the grana or cochineel. engrav'd for the Christian's magazine

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