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Searching for the Secrets of Nature
This collection of essays by historians, historians of science and medicine, and literary and textual scholars from several countries analyzes the achievements of Dr. Francisco Hernández (1515-87), author of the monumental The Natural History of New Spain, in the history of medicine and science in Europe and the Americas.
Francisco Hernández
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The Mexican Treasury
This 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 The Natural History of New Spain, whose descriptions of over 3,000 plants unknown to Europe have been used for centuries by scientists, physicians, and natural philosophers.
Francisco Hernández
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Hyperborder
Roving vigilantes, fear-mongering politicians, hysterical pundits, and the looming shadow of a seven hundred-mile-long fence: the US–Mexican border is one of the most complex and dynamic areas on the planet today. Hyperborder provides the most nuanced portrait yet of this dynamic region. Author Fernando Romero presents a multidisciplinary perspective informed by interviews with numerous academics, researchers, and organizations. Provocatively designed in the style of other kinetic large-scale studies like Rem Koolhaas's Content and Bruce Mau’s Massive Change, Hyperborder is an exhaustively researched report from the front lines of the border debate.
The Discovery of Yucatan by Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba
Of the accounts of the expedition.--The expedition.--Itinerary.--List of members.--Appendices: Letter of the Regimiento. Peter Martyr. Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo: Alonso de Santa Cruz. Francisco López de Gómara. Bartolomé de Las Casas. Francisco Cervantes de Salazar. Bernal Díaz del Castillo.
The Discovery of Yucatan by Francisco Hernández de Córdoba
Of the accounts of the expedition.--The expedition.--Itinerary.--List of members.--Appendices: Letter of the Regimiento. Peter Martyr. Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo: Alonso de Santa Cruz. Francisco López de Gómara. Bartolomé de Las Casas. Francisco Cervantes de Salazar. Bernal Díaz del Castillo
