Vol. 36 No. 6 (2019): Diciembre
Historic Note

Manna over the ocean: The breadfruit’s voyages

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  • Walter Ledermann Dehnhard
Walter Ledermann Dehnhard
Centro de Estudios Humanistas Julio Prado

Published 2020-01-18

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Ledermann Dehnhard W. Manna over the ocean: The breadfruit’s voyages. Rev. Chilena. Infectol. [Internet]. 2020 Jan. 18 [cited 2026 May 14];36(6). Available from: https://revinf.cl/index.php/revinf/article/view/639

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Abstract

Ending the nineteenth century the King of England sent Captain Bligh with orders to take from Tahiti to Jamaica plants of the breadfruit tree, searching for a chip and nutritive food for his slaves in the New World. The first voyage failed because the famous Bounty’s mutiny; in the  second, with the Providence and the Assistance, Bligh did successfully his task and today the tree growths well all around the Caribbean Sea, being not only a popular food, but also, in hands of a good chef, a gourmet’s dish.

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