The Royal Botanical Expedition to New Spain, 1788-1820, as described in documents in the Archivo General de la Nacion [Mexico]

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A few illustrations including a mounted frontispiece, large slim octavo, pp 86, very slightly used internally, paperback covers very slightly worn, spine slightly worn with traces of an old label adhering. [The Expedition was a scientific expedition to survey the flora and fauna of the territories of New Spain between 1787 and 1803 and to establish a botanical garden.It was sponsored by King Charles III of Spain and headed by physician Martín Sessé y Lacasta, who led a team of botanists that included José Mariano Mociño and is part of the crown's general program of economic revitalization, known as the Bourbon Reforms. The expedition, commonly referred to by botanists as the Sessé and Mociño expedition, identified many species new to science and brought back a large trove of valuable botanical illustrations. Many of the collected plants and seeds, as well as engravings and some duplicate copies of drawings and watercolors, ended up in the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid, where today they share space with plants collected during other Spanish scientific expeditions. The set of copies made under de Candolle's oversight remains in Geneva. Tracings have been made from the Geneva set from time to time, and these have found their way into collections around the world. ].

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Título

The Royal Botanical Expedition to New Spain, 1788-1820, as described in documents in the Archivo General de la Nacion [Mexico]

Editor

Chronica Botanica Company, Walthan, Mass.

Fecha de publicación

1947

Encuadernación

Paperback

Edición

First Edition.

Estado

Good

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• History
• Travel
• History of Science