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Edmond Albius portrait
portrait of Edmond Albius, a slave in the 19th century French-occupied Réunion in East Africa, who has invented the vanilla pollination process, at the age of 12, which is still used to this day.
Illustration for book CHILDHOOD Recipes for Young Coolinary Explorers edited and art directed by journalist Luca Scarcella to teach children cooking and food history.