Index abolitionism 3, 128, 151, 152, 178, 179 proselytism 155, 157–158, 160, 164, 165, Academy of Sciences (Académie Royale des 169, 175, 180 Sciences) 34, 100, 109–112, 114, 122, 127, trade 7, 16, 34, 66, 67–69 130 cannibalism 137–140, 145, 165, 180 Acadia. See Canada Cape Verdes (islands) 28, 29, 32, 62, 64, 163 Adanson, Michel 122 Capuchins 156–160, 163 Africans, image of 137–138, 140–143, 151, 179 Cap Vert (peninsula) 28 ambergris 86, 90, 94–97, 99, 177 caret 36, 39, 56–58, 71, 177, 189 annatto 33–34, 42–44, 90 Caribbean. See Barbados; Caribs; Guadeloupe; apothecary 48, 75–76, 77n17, 82–83, 86–88, Jamaica; Marie-Galante; Martinique, 109–111, 177 Saint-Christophe; Saint-Domingue; Arguin (island) 28, 29, 49, 50, 70, 96 Saint-Vincent Asia 159, 160 Caribs 27, 103, 129, 133, 141, 178, 193 botanical transfer 72, 78–83 image in France 135, 143, 144, 147–148, French commerce 2, 3, 13–14 151 French fascination with 8, 9, 61, 128–129, knowledge exchange 21, 90, 101, 117–119, 151–152, 177–178 172 knowledge transfer 39, 41, 47, 70 proselytism of 157, 160 image in France 137, 143 religion 163, 169, 170, 172, 174 asiento 149 See also cannibalism cassia fistula 36, 78–79, 82–83, 89, 99, 177, ballet. See theatre 196–197 Ballet Royal d’Alcidiane 133, 135–136 castor 8, 16, 36, 37, 39, 59, 67–71, 177 Barbados 23–24, 80n26 castor oil 117 Barbot, Jean 63, 64, 120, 121, 125, 164 castoreum 111 Bayonne 15, 34, 120 Catholicism. See missionaries; religion beaver fur. See castor Cayenne 19, 34, 42, 108, 110, 147 Benserade, Isaac de 132–133, 135–136 chaconne. See dance Bible 153–154, 161, 162, 179 chemical industry 176–177 Bodin, Jean 166, 170 chemistry. See iatrochemistry Bordeaux 1, 26, 50, 56, 59, 96 chocolate 3, 18, 23, 26, 35, 36, 87, 89–92, 99, American trade of 16, 33–34, 43, 45, 57, 149, 176 58, 66, 68, 69, 73, 75, 76, 80 Christianity. See missionaries; religion botanical gardens 100, 120, 122, 125, 126–127, cinchona 36, 73, 75–76, 78, 82, 105–106, 110, 180. See also Jardin du Roy 124, 194 botanical transfers 72, 78–83, 123–124 civet 37, 86, 94–97, 99, 177, 180 botany 9, 114, 119–120, 122 cochineal 36, 40, 42–43, 45, 73, 98, 176, 184 Brazil 22–23, 42, 69, 79, 80, 85, 125, 143, 157, cocoa. See chocolate 159, 165–166, 180 coffee 3, 17–20, 89–90, 176 brazilwood 40, 42–43, 58–60, 98, 176 Colbert, Jean-Baptiste 62, 130 Breton, Raymond 108, 110, 140 overseas policies 3, 13–14, 16, 28, 34, 146 buccaniers 65–67 funding of science 108, 110, 127 Colombin de Nantes 163, 167, 170 calicoes. See Indiennes companies 12, 13, 24, 28–29, 30, 31, 69, 149, Canada 17, 31, 39, 115, 116 150 image in France 144–147, 151, 152 confitures 36, 82, 87–89, 92, 199 Index 227 contraband. See smuggling gum arabic 8, 30, 39, 47–55, 70, 71, 97–98, cooking. See nouvelle cuisine 150, 177, 180 copaiba oil 36, 76–78, 125, 196 cotton 8, 17, 19–20, 39, 45–46, 47, 52–56, 70, Haiti. See Saint-Domingue 177 Hamburg. See Holy Roman Empire Curaçao 33 Hapsburg. See Holy Roman Empire curcuma 41 hats. See castor Holland 13–14, 21, 23–24, 26–27, 55, 32–33, dance 131–132 78 demon. See devil conflicts with 3, 13, 147, 158 demonology. See devil imports from 42, 50, 57, 59, 75, 76, 96 Detroit. See Louisiana in West Africa 28–30, 48–51 devil 138, 161–167, 170–175, 179–180 Holy Roman Empire 44, 74, 92, 173–174, 180 Dieppe, merchants of 28–29, 150 hospitals 27, 116, 120, 125, 180 disease 27, 100–107, 116, 121–122, 126, 157, 160. Huguenots 120, 125, 157–158, 164 See also malaria; smallpox; scurvy; syphilis; yellow fever iatrochemistry 9, 100–101, 105–107, 109–114, distillation 109, 111–112 119–120, 126, 127 Dominicans 157–159 illegal Trade. See smuggling indentured Servants. See engagés ebony 36, 57–59 Indiennes 54–56, 61, 129 engagés 21, 27, 49, 65, 69, 157 blue-and-white 39, 45, 46, 47–55 England 3, 12, 21, 28, 60, 69, 92, 158 imitations 8, 52–54, 128 conflicts with 144–148 indigo 16, 23, 39, 44–46, 54–55, 73, 146, 176, French imports from 16, 18, 21, 24, 66, 89 177 in the gum trade 49, 50–51, 150 ipecac 36, 75–76, 78–79, 112, 124, 195 plantations 3, 23, 27, 55 Islam 29, 168, 170 Enlightenment 1, 2, 3, 151, 153, 175, 178 Italy 26, 84, 86, 89, 96, 108. See also Mediterranean flibustiers 135, 147 ivory 8, 31–32, 39, 56–58, 71, 86, 150, 177 Ivory Coast 140 gaiac. See lignum vitae Galenic medicine 9, 78–80, 100–101, 105–108, Jamaica 23 126, 127 Jardin du Roy 107–109 methods 109, 113, 114, 115, 119 Jesuits 157–160, 163, 164 Gambia. See Senegambia Jews 157–158 Gazette (journal) 143–144 Journal des Sçavans 9, 95, 96, 111, 114 ginger 36, 79–83, 88–92, 99, 177, 198 Juda. See Whydah God 100, 115, 138, 153, 156, 161, 162 gold 28, 32, 47, 86, 149 Labat, Jean-Baptiste 77, 94, 108, 116, 117, Gold Coast (Ghana) 28, 32, 105, 113, 143, 164 121–123, 139–140, 155, 172 Gomberville, Marin Le Roy de. See Polexandre La Condamine, Charles-Marie de 110 Gorée 28, 29, 32, 34, 150 La Rochelle 16, 22–23, 25–26, 31, 45 grey amber. See ambergris La Varenne, François-Pierre 82, 92 Guadeloupe 13, 88, 103, 108, 116, 118, 120, 127, Lancre, Pierre de 166 135 leather 8, 37, 51–52, 61–67, 146, 150 180 Cultivation on 11, 19, 21, 24, 27, 44 Lémery, Louis 112–113 Guatemala 44, 150 Lémery, Nicolas 48–49, 112, 123 Guiana 116 Léry, Jean de 165–166