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Mapmaker:
Sir W. Johnston (1802 - 1888)
Detailed botanical of the breda fruit tree. Common name: Bread fruitModern binomial name: Artocarpus altilisFirst described: 1769 Parkinson named the species Sitodium altile, three years later, Johann Reinhold Forster and Georg Forster published a description of the species using the name Artocarpus communis.Distribution: Endemic … Read Full Description
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Detailed botanical of the breda fruit tree.
Common name: Bread fruit
Modern binomial name: Artocarpus altilis
First described: 1769 Parkinson named the species Sitodium altile, three years later, Johann Reinhold Forster and Georg Forster published a description of the species using the name Artocarpus communis.
Distribution: Endemic to the Pacific but now found in over 90 countries.
Biography:
Sir W. Johnston ( 1802-1888)
He founded the firm of A & K Johnston starting as a printer in 1825. The firm published a “National Atlas” and a “Royal Atlas” which included much new information especially in the newly settled colonies in the Southern Hemisphere. Recent discoveries inland in many colonies were now noted for the first time on many of their maps. Additional to their map publishing they also issue numerous other series on botany, engineering etc
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