New World objects of knowledge : a cabinet of curiosities / edited by Mark Thurner and Juan Pimentel.
"From the late fifteenth century to the present day, the New World has been plundered and pilfered for its many 'treasures' and 'wonders' and as a consequence, many of its natural and cultural productions have been scattered around the world, often hidden in libraries, museu...
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Institute of Latin American Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London,
2021.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Mark Thurner and Juan Pimentel
- Part 1. Artificialia
- Codex Mendoza / Daniela Bleichmar
- Macuilxóchitl / Juan Pimentel
- Potosí / Kris Lane
- Piece of eight / Alejandra Irigoin and Bridget Millmore
- Pieza de Indias / Pablo F. Gómez
- Rubber / Heloisa Maria Bertol Domingues and Emilie Carreón
- Silver basin / Mariana Françozo
- Feathered shield / Linda Báez Rubí
- Black / Adrian Masters
- Spanish deck / Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
- Mary's armadillo / Peter Mason
- Mexican portrait / Andrés Gutiérrez Usillos
- Clay vessels / Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
- Singing violin / Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
- Mestizo memory palaces / Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
- Creole cabinet / Juan Pimentel and Mark Thurner
- Modern quipu / Sabine Hyland and William P. Hyland
- Inca mummy / Christopher Heaney
- Xilonen / Miruna Achim
- Machu Picchu / Amy Cox Hall
- Part 2. Naturalia
- Amazon / Roberto Chauca
- Bird of paradise / José Ramón Marcaida
- Emeralds / Kris Lane
- Pearls / Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
- Cochineal / Miruna Achim
- Opossum / José Ramón Marcaida
- Guinea pig / Helen Cowie
- Bezoar / José Pardo-Tomás
- Cacao / Peter Mason
- Strawberry / Elisa Sevilla and Ana Sevilla
- Volcano / Sophie Brockmann
- Andes / Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra and Mark Thurner
- Anteater / Helen Cowie
- Megatherium / Juan Pimentel
- Tapir / Irina Podgorny
- Cinchona / Matthew James Crawford
- Potato / Rebecca Earle
- Guano / Gregory T. Cushman
- Darwin's tortoise / Elizabeth Hennessy
- Darwin's hummingbird / Iris Montero Sobrevilla.