R. Benedito Ferrão will present “Inquisitive Legacies: Colonial Medical Botany and the Making of Goan Modernity” at the Global Asias 2017 Conference (Penn State). The project delves into Garcia da Orta’s Colóquios dos Simples e Drogas e Cousas Medicinias da Índia (1563) and the Hortus Malabaricus (1678-1693).
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