756 APPENDIX. 



by Major) : India in the 15th century, Lond., 1857, 39 pp. A still more 

 valuable edition and translation is due to Kunstmann : Kenntniss Indiens im 

 15*^" Jahrhunderte. Miinchen, 1863. 66 pp. 

 See pages 282. 521. 577. 582, 636. 



Cordus, Valerius. Born A.D. 1515 at Erfurt, professor of materia medica 

 in the University of Wittenberg, then the most eminent man in that science. 

 After his premature death, at Rome, in 1544, his works were published by 

 Conrad Gesner, in a large volume printed in 1561 at Strassburg. It con- 

 tains : (1) Valerii Cordi Annotaiiones in Dioscoridem; (2) HistoricB stirpium 

 libri iv. ; (3) De artificiosis Extractionihus^ and several other papers of V. 

 Cordus, besides the most remarkable book, De Hortis Germanim^ by Conrad 

 Gesner himself. A very careful biographic notice on Cordus is due to Irmisch, 

 Einige Botaniker des 16 Jahrhunderts . . . Sondershausen, 1862. 4°. pp. 1-34. 



See pages 31. 148. 170. 248. 260. 429. 526. 580. 644. 648. 650. 661. 713, 

 733. 737. 



Cosmas — See Kosmas. 



Crescenzi, Piero de\ 1235-1320. He wrote, about A.D. 1304-1306, at 

 Bologna, an esteemed book on agriculture, which was repeatedly printed 

 towards the end of the 15th century, for instance, Opus ruralium commo- 

 dorum Petri de Crescentiis, Argentine, 1486. There are numerous later 

 translations and editions. 



See pages 6. 157. 180. 661. 



Dale, Samuel, a physician in London, 1659-1739. Pharmacohgia seu 

 manuductio ad Materiam medicam. Lond., 1693, 12mo. 

 See pages 592. 615. 616. 648. 681. 731. 



Dioscorides, Pedanios, of Anazarba, in Cilicia, Asia Minor. He wrote, 

 about A.D. 77 or 78, his great work on materia medica, the most valuable 

 source of information on the botany of the ancients. 



See pages 6. 35. 43. 92. 97. 147. 161. 160. 172. 175. 179. 183. 234. 262. 

 276. 291. 292. 305. 310. 321. 325. 328. 331. 377. 384. 388. 434. 439. 464. 486. 

 493. 503. 519. 529. 556. 558. 567. 568. 581. 594.'609. 627. 638. 644. 655. 6G1. 

 664. 672. 675. 677. 680. 690. 699. 715. 723. 728. 729. 733. 



Dodonseus, Eembert Dodoens, 1517-1585, physician at Malines, Beb 

 gium. 



See pages 303. 388. 439. 699. 729. 731. 



Edrisi, or Alidrisi, an Arab nobleman, born about A.D. 1099 in Spam, 

 living at King Roger's court, Palermo, where he compiled, in 1153, his re- 

 markable geographical work. It summarizes all the earlier geographic litera- 

 ture of the Arabs, adding much valuable information gathered by the author 

 from merchants and other travellers.~(y%ra;;/a*e d'Edrisi, traduite en fran- 

 ^ais, par P. Amedee Jaubert, 2 vols. Paris, 1836-1840. Descrij^tian de 

 I'Afrique et de TEspagne, trad, par Dozy. Leyde, 1866. 



See pages 115. 305, 316. 494. 503. 577. 584. 642. 644. 680. 



Fernandez, latinized Ferrandus. Born at Madrid 1478. From 1514 

 to 1525 he was "veedor de las fundiciones do oro de Tierra-firnia in America,^ 

 i.e. superintendent of the foundries of gold in the Americancontinent; died K'^^ 

 in Valladolid. Ilistoria yeneral y natural de las Jndias islas y tierra firme del niar 

 oceano por el Capitan Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y VahUs, primer chroniPta 

 del nuevo mundo. Publ. dal codice orig. y illustr. p. J. Amador de los^Mio^-^ 

 This complete edition has been published in 4 vols., from 1853 to 18i>^, >^} 

 the Academy of Madrid. We have not seen the earlier partial editions, w- 

 ''Summario de la natural y general Ilistoria de las Indias," Toledo, 1^-^' 

 tol., 'Trimera pdrte de la Historia natural y general de las Indias," Sevina, 



