Historia medicinal de las cosas que se traen de nuestras Indias Occidentales ("Medical study of the products imported from our West Indian possessions") is the standard title for a survey by Nicolás Monardes (1493–1588), Spanish physician and botanist. It appeared in successive editions under varying titles, gradually enlarged, in 1565, 1569 and 1574, followed by an unchanged reprint in 1580.
Publication details
The full titles and publication details are:
1565: Dos libros ... 1569: . Sevilla: Hernando Diaz 1574: . Sevilla: Alonso Escrivano 1580: Reprint of the 1574 publication. Sevilla: Fernando Diaz
English translation
An English translation, by John Frampton, appeared under the title Joyful News out of the New Found World. Publication details:
1577: , translated from the 1565 Spanish edition. London 1580: a new edition enlarged on the basis of the 1574 Spanish edition. London 1925: (cover title: Frampton's Monardes), edited by Stephen Gaselee, combining material from the 1577 and 1580 editions. London
Latin translation
A Latin translation, abridged, with editorial commentary, was made by Charles de l'Écluse (Carolus Clusius). Publication details:
1574: . Antwerp: Plantin 1579: : revised with further commentary. Antwerp: Plantin 1582: Revised and included in a compendium of translations from Garcia de Orta, Nicolás Monardes and Cristóbal Acosta 1593: Further revised edition of this compendium 1605: Last revision, with further commentary and illustrations, included in: Carolus Clusius, Exoticorum libri decem
References
, pp. 14, 15, 154, 160
External links Ioyfull newes out of the newfound world (Londres: 1580) digitized by the John Carter Brown Library Ioyfull newes out of the new-found vvorlde (Londres: 1596) digitized by the John Carter Brown Library Online copy of the book's Englished edition at Early English Books Online (access for institutional subscribers only)