Hortus Malabaricus, as it is popularly known, is a magisterial 12-volume botanical treatise on the medicinal plants of the Malabar region of Kerala. This 17th-century work, completed over 30 years, was unique for the colonial literature of the time because it credits Indian contributors by name. While the work was commissioned by the Dutch governor… Read more »
Hortus Malabaricus, as it is popularly known, is a magisterial 12-volume botanical treatise on the medicinal plants of the Malabar region of Kerala. This 17th-century work, completed over 30 years, was unique for the colonial literature of the time because it credits Indian contributors by name. While the work was commissioned by the Dutch governor… Read more »
Hortus Malabaricus, as it is popularly known, is a magisterial 12-volume botanical treatise on the medicinal plants of the Malabar region of Kerala. This 17th-century work, completed over 30 years, was unique for the colonial literature of the time because it credits Indian contributors by name. While the work was commissioned by the Dutch governor… Read more »
Hortus Malabaricus, as it is popularly known, is a magisterial 12-volume botanical treatise on the medicinal plants of the Malabar region of Kerala. This 17th-century work, completed over 30 years, was unique for the colonial literature of the time because it credits Indian contributors by name. While the work was commissioned by the Dutch governor… Read more »
Hortus Malabaricus, as it is popularly known, is a magisterial 12-volume botanical treatise on the medicinal plants of the Malabar region of Kerala. This 17th-century work, completed over 30 years, was unique for the colonial literature of the time because it credits Indian contributors by name. While the work was commissioned by the Dutch governor… Read more »
Hortus Malabaricus, as it is popularly known, is a magisterial 12-volume botanical treatise on the medicinal plants of the Malabar region of Kerala. This 17th-century work, completed over 30 years, was unique for the colonial literature of the time because it credits Indian contributors by name. While the work was commissioned by the Dutch governor… Read more »
Hortus Malabaricus, as it is popularly known, is a magisterial 12-volume botanical treatise on the medicinal plants of the Malabar region of Kerala. This 17th-century work, completed over 30 years, was unique for the colonial literature of the time because it credits Indian contributors by name. While the work was commissioned by the Dutch governor… Read more »
Hortus Malabaricus, as it is popularly known, is a magisterial 12-volume botanical treatise on the medicinal plants of the Malabar region of Kerala. This 17th-century work, completed over 30 years, was unique for the colonial literature of the time because it credits Indian contributors by name. While the work was commissioned by the Dutch governor… Read more »
Hortus Malabaricus, as it is popularly known, is a magisterial 12-volume botanical treatise on the medicinal plants of the Malabar region of Kerala. This 17th-century work, completed over 30 years, was unique for the colonial literature of the time because it credits Indian contributors by name. While the work was commissioned by the Dutch governor… Read more »
Hortus Malabaricus, as it is popularly known, is a magisterial 12-volume botanical treatise on the medicinal plants of the Malabar region of Kerala. This 17th-century work, completed over 30 years, was unique for the colonial literature of the time because it credits Indian contributors by name. While the work was commissioned by the Dutch governor… Read more »
Hortus Malabaricus, as it is popularly known, is a magisterial 12-volume botanical treatise on the medicinal plants of the Malabar region of Kerala. This 17th-century work, completed over 30 years, was unique for the colonial literature of the time because it credits Indian contributors by name. While the work was commissioned by the Dutch governor… Read more »
Hortus Malabaricus, as it is popularly known, is a magisterial 12-volume botanical treatise on the medicinal plants of the Malabar region of Kerala. This 17th-century work, completed over 30 years, was unique for the colonial literature of the time because it credits Indian contributors by name. While the work was commissioned by the Dutch governor… Read more »
The sea is witness to much that defines India and our port cities are the sentinels of change. Let’s travel to some old and new ports through the Sarmaya collection of maps and engravings and imagine them at the peak of their power
This map, whose title translates to The City of Kochi located on the coast of Malabar, was created in the early 1700s to help sea-traders travelling from other regions to Coetsjien (Kochi). The map was a hand-coloured copper engraving by Francois Valentijn, an explorer and naturalist from the Netherlands who wrote about the history of… Read more »