The Mexican Treasury : The Writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández /

This volume consists of a selection of English translations from the extensive writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández (1515-87). Celebrated in his own day as one of Spain's leading physicians and naturalists, he is now best remembered for his monumental work on the native plants and materia medica...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Bustamante, Jesús (Contribuidor), Chabrán, Rafael (Contribuidor), Varey, Simon (Contribuidor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Temas:
HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • A Note on Texts and Translations
  • Chronology of the Texts of Francisco Hernández
  • INTRODUCTION
  • The Hernández Texts
  • The Natural History of New Spain
  • THE TEXTS
  • MEXICO, 1571-1615
  • The Instructions and Letters to the King
  • The Will of Francisco Hernández
  • The Will of Francisco Hernández
  • Index medicamentorum
  • On the Illness in New Spain in the Year 1576, Called Cocoliztli by the Indians
  • The Christian Doctrine
  • Five Special Texts: Cacao, Chili, Corn, Tobacco, and Tomato
  • Quatro libros de la naturaleza
  • Agustín Vetancourt, Teatro mexicano
  • THE LOW COUNTRIES, 1630-1648
  • Johannes de Laet
  • Juan Eusebio Nieremberg
  • Georg Marcgraf
  • Afternote: Abraham Munting
  • ITALY, C. 1580-1651
  • Rerum medicarum Novae Hispaniae thesaurus: The Rome Edition
  • ENGLAND, 1659-1825
  • Seven English Authors
  • SPAIN, 1790
  • Opera: The Madrid Edition
  • An Epistle to Arias Montano
  • APPENDIX
  • The English Herbal: or, History of Plants (London, 1710)
  • Glossary
  • Index

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