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Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Anth. Leaflets
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Historical SummaryThe honor of introducing tobacco into France was claimed also by André Thevet, who made a voyage to Brazil as chaplain of an expedition and on his return published a volume, in 1557, in which he described the uses of tobacco under the name petun, but does not mention that he took the plant or its seeds to France. Much later, however (1575), he wrote:
I can boast of having been the first in France who brought the seed of this plant, who sowed it and named the plant in question herbe Angoulmoisine [after the place of his birth]. Since then, a certain individual (un quidam) who never made any voyage has given it his name, some ten years after my return.2
The quidam referred to was Jean Nicot. In this connection Laufer has shown that Thevet described correctly the Brazilian petun, which was Nicotiana tabacum, whereas the plant introduced by Nicot was Nicotiana rustica, and thinks the honor is about equally divided.
2Laufer, B.n/an/an/an/an/a, "Introduction of Tobacco into Europe," , 48–49.
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Chicago: "Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Anth. Leaflets," Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Anth. Leaflets in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. Thomas, William I. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937), Original Sources, accessed January 15, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7B4SHP7GHMIV7PC.
MLA: . "Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Anth. Leaflets." Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Anth. Leaflets, in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, edited by Thomas, William I., New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937, Original Sources. 15 Jan. 2025. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7B4SHP7GHMIV7PC.
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