Both the Age of Discovery and the Botanical Revolution are significant terms for historical developments that not only altered Europe but also had a significant impact on other regions of the world during the Exotic World of Carolus Clusius era. …
Botany
The Badianus manuscript, also referred to as the Codex de la Cruz Badiano
The Badianus manuscript, also referred to as the Codex de la Cruz Badiano, was penned by Martín de la Cruz, a Náhua healer, and it did not fare much better than Hernández’s writings. It was a little red volume kept …
Tiny book Badianus Manuscript was in the Vatican library
A tiny book Badianus Manuscript was in the Vatican library. It was formerly bound in red velvet with pages trimmed in gilded, and the cover still bore the impression of two metal clasps. It was composed in 1552 and reached …
Publish a selection from Hernández manuscripts, New World’s plants
For instance, the Accademia dei Lincei, which included Galileo, took eighty years to publish a selection from Hernández’s manuscripts. This was despite the fact that knowledge of the New World’s plants was improving, but many of these descriptions had not …