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Agave Spirits: The Past, Present, and Future of Mezcals
“A manifesto…[and] a positive spin on the future of mezcal.” —Florence Fabricant, New York Times The agave plant was never destined to become tasteless, cheap tequila. All tequilas are mezcals; all mezcals are made from agaves; and every bottle of mezcal is the remarkable result of collaborations among agave entrepreneurs, botanists, distillers, beverage distributors, bartenders, and more. How these groups come together in this “spirits world” is the subject of this fascinating new book by the acclaimed ethnobotanist Gary Paul Nabhan and the pioneering restauranteur David Suro Piñera. Join them as they delight in the diversity of the distillate agave spirits, as they endeavor to...
Naturalists at Sea
DIVDIVTales of the intrepid early naturalists who set sail on dangerous voyages of discovery in the vast, unknown Pacific/div/div
The Modern Traveller
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Los pintores de la expedición de Alejandro Malaspina
Terminaba el reinado de Carlos III y el 10 de septiembre de 1788, los capitanes de fragata Alejandro Malaspina y José de Bustamante proponían la organización de un viaje que estudiase la flora, la fauna, las formas de vida, la situación política, comercial y defensiva de las tierras ultramarinas y, al mismo tiempo, acopiase materiales propios de las ciencias naturales con destino al Real Gabinete. La expedición saldría el 1 de julio de 1789.\r\nEl tomo primero relata el itinerario seguido por dicha expedición comentando la tarea científica realizada en cada lugar. El tomo segundo contiene un catálogo de todos los dibujos y pinturas de las que la autora tiene noticia.
Science, Empire and the European Exploration of the Pacific
This collection of essays assesses the interrelationship between exploration, empire-building and science in the opening up of the Pacific Ocean by Europeans between the early 16th and mid-19th century. It explores both the role of various sciences in enabling European imperial projects in the region, and how the exploration of the Pacific in turn shaped emergent scientific disciplines and their claims to authority within Europe. Drawing on a range of disciplines (from the history of science to geography, imperial history to literary criticism), this volume examines the place of science in cross-cultural encounters, the history of cartography in Oceania, shifting understandings of race and c...
