HERB - Garcia de Orta and Christophori A Costa

[Gaylin Walli]

Here's something interesting I found about Costa, who is the
source of two of the references I sent earlier from the Library
of Congress listings. -- jasmine at infoengine.com


(Found at http://www.goldcanyon.com/Patten/html/83b.html)

Acosta, Cristobal
ca. 1515-ca. 1592.

[Tractado de las drogas y medicinas de las India Orientales.
Latin]

Christophori A Costa. . .Aromaticum & medicamentorum in
Orientali India nascentium liber: plvrimvm lucis adserens
iis quae a Doctore Garcia de Orta in hoc genere scripta sunt.

Caroli Clusii Atrebatis opera ex Hispanico sermone Latinus
factus, in epitomen contractus, & quibusdam notis illustratus.
Altera editio, castigatior & auctior. In Orta, Garcia de,
16th cent. Aromatvm, et simplicivm aliqvot medicamentovm
apvd Indos rascentivm historia. Quarta editio. Antverpae:
Ex Officina C. Plantiana, apud viduam, & Ioannem Moretum,
1593. Second Latin edition--Cf. Cleveland coll., 137.
References: Cleveland coll. 137. Includes index.

Acosta was a Portuguese soldier and physician who travelled
widely, visiting such exotic places as Persia, India,
Malaysia, and perhaps even China. He landed at Goa in 1568
a few months after the death of Orta, and was appointed
physician to the Royal Hospital of Cochin. After some years
of studying the plant life of India, he returned to Portugal
where his manuscript was published. This first edition of
Acosta's work concentrates on the drugs of the East, drawing
heavily on what had already been published by Orta. Although
it is primarily a translation into Spanish of Orta's work,
authorities have stated that Acosta was knowledgeable on
this subject. In his translation he clarifies Orta's text
and adds to its usefulness. Many of the illustrations are
from accurate drawings created by Acosta himself.
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