Palmira Fontes da Costa, ed.: Medicine, Trade and Empire: Garcia de Orta’s Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India (1563) in Context

Authors

  • Andrew Dalby Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28168

Keywords:

Medicine, Trade, Empire, Drugs of India, 1563, India, Drugs, Simples, Trade and Empire

Abstract

Palmira Fontes da Costa, ed.: Medicine, Trade and Empire: Garcia de Orta’s Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India (1563) in Context: Farnham, Ashgate, 2013: 279 pp., hardback, £75.

Author Biography

  • Andrew Dalby, Independent Scholar

    Andrew Dalby is a familiar name to readers of PPC. His entries in the catalogue of Prospect Books are many, his range of interests is wide. He lives in Poitou.

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Published

2016-04-01

Issue

PPC 105 (2016)

Section

Book Reviews

How to Cite

Palmira Fontes da Costa, ed.: Medicine, Trade and Empire: Garcia de Orta’s Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India (1563) in Context. (2016). Petits Propos Culinaires, 120-121. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28168