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Narrative of a Voyage to the West Indies and Mexico in the Years 1599-1602

Note 46 — SAMUEL CHAMPLAIN. (continued 2)

Alice Wilmere translation

Coraçon. Anona Muricata, or Corassol, from the Spanish "Corazon,"—heart, so called from the shape of the fruit. Some writers derived the name from Curaçoa, supposing the seed to have been brought by the Dutch from that island. The native name was "memin."

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