What is it about?
Despite its title, which gives the impression that it concerns world history as a whole, this book is basically a collection of historical essays on the works by Spanish botanists. Plant illustra- tions are loosely used as the unifying theme.
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Why is it important?
It shows that many Spanish botanists did a lot to advance the knowledge of the flora of the colonial Americas.
Perspectives
Plant illustrations are a great source of scientific information.
Dr. Aldemaro Romero, Jr.
University of Miami
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This page is a summary of: Las plantas del mundo en la historia: Ilustraciones botanicas de cinco siglos., Isis, December 1997, University of Chicago Press,
DOI: 10.1086/383859.
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