{"product_id":"the-mexican-treasury-9780804739634","title":"The Mexican Treasury","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume consists of a selection of English translations from the writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández (1515-87). One of Spain's leading physicians and naturalists, he is now best remembered for his monumental work \u003ci\u003eThe Natural History of New Spain\u003c\/i\u003e, whose descriptions of over 3,000 plants unknown to Europe have been used for centuries by scientists, physicians, and natural philosophers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The primary voice of the book is that of Dr. Hernandez himself. He is a prolific writer. . . . The translators have made all of this easily readable and provide abundant footnoted documentation.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSoutheastern Naturalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Mexican Treasury\u003c\/i\u003e provides English translations of the major texts of botany and natural history that assimilated, and in many ways transformed, knowledge originally gleaned from Hernandez, with extracts from De Laet, Nieremberg, Lovell, Stubbe, Sloane, Ray and Salmon. One can readily use these extracts as student assignments for comparing approaches to New World plants such as chilli, cacao and corn.\" -- \u003ci\u003eRenaissance Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of illustrations  Preface and acknowledgments  Abbreviations  A note on texts and translations  Chronology of the texts of Francisco Hernandez  Introduction  1. Mexico, 1571-1615  2. The Low Countries, 1630-1648  3. Italy, c.1580-1651  4. England, 1659-1825  5. Spain, 1790  Appendix  Glossary  Index.","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405540729175,"sku":"9780804739634","price":63.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804739634.jpg?v=1730492775","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-mexican-treasury-9780804739634","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}