New World expressed through images of social and sexual colonisation, and the increasing enthusiasm of herbalists, physicians and scientists in observing and cataloguing new plants, insects and animals. Finucci skilfully interweaves significant moments of Gonzaga’s personal life with important medical and scientific topics of the period, and situates them in the appropriate social, cultural and political contexts
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of South America. In this chapter Finucci explores two important topics: Europe’s interest in the New World expressed through images of social and sexual colonisation, and the increasing enthusiasm of herbalists, physicians and scientists in observing and cataloguing new plants, insects and animals. Finucci skilfully interweaves significant moments of Gonzaga’s personal life with important medical and scientific topics of the period, and situates them in the appropriate social, cultural and political contexts.
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