Mahogany was introduced in Europe by a Captain Gibbons, who, thinking it worthless, ballasted his ship with the wood when returning from the West Indies.' A cabinetmaker in Longacre, London, made a bureau for the captain's brother. The wood was so admired that it quickly became fashionable and valu-
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 49, 27 February 1935, Page 14
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