Book ID: 86847
Dunmire, William W. and Evangeline L. Dunmire
Gardens of New Spain. How Mediterranean Plants and Foods Changed America. 2004. 85 b/w illustr. 13 maps. 12 tabs. 392 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Pre-Columbian Spain - The Full Hourglass/ Mexico before Columbus/Pre - Columbian Agriculture in the American Southwest/ EuropeanPlantways to the New World: 1492 -1521/ Old World Agriculture Comesto the Mexican Mainland/ Spanish Trade, Technology, and Livestock/New Mexico's First Mediterranean Gardens/ Into Sonora and Arizona/The Corridor into Texas/ Hispanic Farmers Return to New Mexico/Mediterranean Connections to Florida and California/ Epilogue/Master Plant List/ Glossary/ Sources/ Selected Bibliography. - Thisbook traces the migration of food and other useful plants fromPre - Columbian Spain to the Caribbean, Mexico and its corridors toNorth America.