pitch-producing

Updated: May 28, 2025

Pitch, of a quality much harder and more bitter than that obtained from trees, is found on the reefs of Hispaniola. It consequently serves better to protect ships against the gnawings of the worms called bromas, of which I have elsewhere spoken at length. There are likewise two pitch-producing trees; one is the pine, and the other is called copeo.

- De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2): The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera