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A cassava plant at Barranquilla, Colombia. Drawing by Thomas Malie, 1726.
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A cassava plant at Barranquilla, Colombia. Drawing by Thomas Malie, 1726.

Thomas Malie

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Lettering: Cassava the root of w:ch bread is made in America the expressed juice is a deadly poison but makes good bread - taken at Baranquilla 1726.

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