Important developments in American and Indian natural history during 16-17th centuries
Rajesh Kochhar
For details see the following reference. This Table however does not appear in the paper.
http://www.ias.ac.in/jbiosci/dec2012/937.pdf
Kochhar R 2012 Early natural history: contributions from the Americas and India. J Biosciences 37 937-947.
DOI 10.1007/s12038-012-9272-9
| Period | Person(s) |
Work |
| 1511-1530 | Pedro Martir de Angleria (1457-1526) | Publishes information on some New World drugs |
| 1526, 1535 | Oviedo (1478-1557) | Describes more than 250 American animal and plants |
| 1533 | Padua University appoints a professor of botany | |
| 1545 | Padua University establishes a botanic garden | |
| 1552 | Martin de la Cruz / Juan Badiano | Prepares/ translates a digest on Aztec healthcare practices and herbs, known as Codex Barberini, Latin, 241 |
| 1555 | Laguna (c. 1510- 1559) | Mentions some New World drugs in his commentary on Dioscorides’ Materia Medica |
| 1563 | Garcia d’Orta (1501/2-1568) | Colloquies published in Portuguese from Goa. Includes first ever publication of Camoes’ work |
| 1565-1574 | Nicolas Bautista Monardes (c. 1493-1588) | Various editions of his work on American drugs, including tobacco, in Spanish |
| 1567 | Clusius (1526-1609) | Latin abridgement of d’Orta |
| 1570-1577 | Francisco Hernandez (1515-1587) | Royal Spanish Mission to America; influential manuscript, not published in entirety. |
| 1574 | Clusius(1526-1609) | Translates Monardes into Latin |
| 1578-1580 | Bernardino de Sahagun (1499-1590) | Influential manuscript Florentine Codex on Aztec natural history etc. |
| 1578 | Christobal Acosta (c. 1514-1594) | Extends d’Orta’s work in his Tracado |
| 1582 | Clusius (1526-1609) | Prepares composite natural history combining d’Orta, Monardes and C. Acosta. |
| 1590 | Jose de Acosta (1540-1600) | Historia Natural y Moral de las Indias gives valuable information on the flora of Western South America |
| 1628 | Johannes Faber (1574-1629) | Animalia Mexicana |
| 1630 | Johannes de Laet (1581-1649) | New edition of Nieuwe Wereldt incorporates information on American materia medica for sailors/ merchants |
| 1651 | Federico Cesi (1585-1634) | Cesi and others complete the encyclopedic work Rerum, with Hernandez as the nucleus. |
| 1678 | Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede (1636–1691) | Hortus Indicus Malabaricus published from Amsterdam |
| 1686-1692 | Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede (1636–1691) | 12-volume Hortus Malabaricus |
