Francisco Hernández de Toledo Agave print
In the late 1500s, Francisco Hernández de Toledo led the first scientific expedition from the Old World to the New World. It was a team of scientists and artists, whose mission was to document the plants and the animals in the New World. The result of the expedition were a number of publications, including Rerum medicarum Novae Hispaniae thesaurus, from which this page is taken. There were three artists on the expedition: Baptized Antón, Baltazar Elías and Pedro Vázquez. We’d love to give credit where it’s due, but are unsure which of the three did these illustrations.
In the late 1500s, Francisco Hernández de Toledo led the first scientific expedition from the Old World to the New World. It was a team of scientists and artists, whose mission was to document the plants and the animals in the New World. The result of the expedition were a number of publications, including Rerum medicarum Novae Hispaniae thesaurus, from which this page is taken. There were three artists on the expedition: Baptized Antón, Baltazar Elías and Pedro Vázquez. We’d love to give credit where it’s due, but are unsure which of the three did these illustrations.
In the late 1500s, Francisco Hernández de Toledo led the first scientific expedition from the Old World to the New World. It was a team of scientists and artists, whose mission was to document the plants and the animals in the New World. The result of the expedition were a number of publications, including Rerum medicarum Novae Hispaniae thesaurus, from which this page is taken. There were three artists on the expedition: Baptized Antón, Baltazar Elías and Pedro Vázquez. We’d love to give credit where it’s due, but are unsure which of the three did these illustrations.