In his long life, the noted physician, scientist and collector Sir Hans Sloane amassed one of the greatest collections ... the great botanists and physicians of his time: Joseph Pitton de Tournefort ...

Sir Hans Sloane was ... the catalogue entry. Sloane's original entry reads: ‘1,716. An Walnutt from Caribes?’ In France he met and befriended more of the great botanists and physicians of his time, ...