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Mexican Treasury

Name: Mexican Treasury
Brand: Stanford University Press
SKU: 9780804739634
Price: 34305 HUF
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The Writings of Dr. Francisco Hernandez

Szerző: Francisco Hernandez

Nyelv:

Kötés: Kemény kötésű

Kiadó: Stanford University Press

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This volume consists of a selection of English translations from the extensive writings of Dr. Franc...

Információk a könyvről

Szerző

Francisco Hernandez

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Kemény kötésű

Kiadva

2002

oldal

304

EAN

9780804739634

ISBN

0804739633

Enbook ID

04717174

Kiadó

Stanford University Press

Súly

1044

Méretek

291 x 255 x 19

Teljes leírás

This volume consists of a selection of English translations from the extensive writings of Dr. Francisco Hern ndez (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 of central Mexico. Sent to New Spain in 1570 by King Philip II to research and describe the natural history of the region, to assess the medical usefulness of the natural resources, and to gather ethnographic materials for an anthropological history, Hern ndez was the first trained scientist to undertake scientific work in the New World. For seven years he gathered information throughout the Valley of Mexico, learning Nahuatl, recording local medical customs, studying indigenous medicines, and writing down all his observations. The result was The Natural History of New Spain, written in Latin, which consisted of six folio volumes filled with descriptions of over 3,000 plants previously unknown in Europe (along with descriptions of a much smaller number of animals and minerals) and ten folio volumes of paintings by Mexican artists illustrating the plants and animals he described.