Medicine, Trade and Empire

Name: Medicine, Trade and Empire
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Garcia de Orta's Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India (1563) was printed in Goa, the capital of the Portuguese empire in the East and a port city that occupied a prominent role in the circuit of trade. Orta, a Portuguese physician who lived in Goa for thirty years, presents dialogues concerning more than eighty different drugs, fruits, spices, minerals and medical preparations, all of them native to India or observed in use there. This volume analyses the Colloquies, its history, context and reception, and its value to historians as a symbol of the impact of globalization in a sixteenth-century medical world.

Product details

Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 306
Release Date:: 2015-06-09
Publication Date:: 2016-03-18
Publisher:: Routledge
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1472431235
ISBN13:: 9781472431233
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 625 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 21 cm

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