Old new worlds

Introduction: Creating New Worlds out of Old Texts Introduction. Creating New Worlds out of Old Texts

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Anigraf6: Explorers new worlds

Anigraf6: Explorers new worlds

Bridging Old Worlds and Building New Ones: towards a Microsociology of Creativity 1.21.04

The Orange Folly and its dissemination from the Iberian Peninsula to the Old and New Worlds

The Early Modern period in Europe was a time of citrus-mania, when the cultivation and classification of citrus resulting in true collections appeared all over Europe. While scholarship has mainly concentrated on the Italian legacy, I argue that one should change perspective and concentrate on the Iberian (IP) legacy. The particularity of orange groves in the IP derives precisely from their pro...