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Commodity illustration: Camphor

Category:Perfumes and remedies

Camphor from Borneo

Standard price
220 pieces of eight for 100 kg
Surplus
80 pieces of eight
Scarcity
280 pieces of eight
Bulk
0.2 Tons

Equivalent to 1,100 pieces of eight per ton

Export regions

Camphor is a light, white substance obtained from trees, with a penetrating smell that escapes as soon as a container is opened. It gradually vanishes when exposed to the air, making careful packing essential.

Apothecaries buy it for medicinal preparations. It is obtained from certain Asian trees and may be purified before sale. By the late seventeenth century, Dutch refiners sell flat, round cakes packed with linseed to reduce losses. Such packing helps a volatile substance survive storage and a long sea passage.

Sources and adaptations

References in the Pavillon Noir books:

  • Carnet de Vercourt, p. 534.

Ludic RPG adaptations used on this page:

  • Goods sold by the 100 kg lot: bulk (house rule).

The description was written by Ludic RPG. Prices are game values expressed in pieces of eight.