Cochineal production at the town of Guaspaltepeque Product:Postcard Original: pencil on paper

Original: pencil on paper

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Cochineal production at the town of Guaspaltepeque Product:Postcard Original: pencil on paperSchematic view of the town of Guaspaltepeque, in Oaxaca State, Mexico,as a centre for cochineal production. The simplified landscape shows a church and curate's house, but mainly the agriculture, collection and processing of cochineal, the traditional Mexican dye, from the scale insect Dactylopius coccus. From the manuscript copy paper 'Dr Houston's letter to Sir Hans Sloane giving an account of some plants and enclosing a draught of the town of