756 APPENDIX. 



by Major) : India in tlie 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. Bom 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) Historice stirpium 

 libri iv. ; (3) De artificiosis Extractionibus, and several other papers of V. 

 Cordus, besides the most remarkable book, De Eortis 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. 



s 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 centurj', 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. Pharmacologia 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. 166. 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. 661. 

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



Dodonaeus, Eembert Dodoens, 1517-1585, physician at Malines, Bel 

 gium. 



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



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

 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. — Gdographie d'Edrisi, traduite en fran- 

 9ais, par P. Amedee Jaubert, 2 vols. Paris, 1836-1840. Descrijjtion de 

 I'Afrique et de I'Espagne, 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-firma in America," 

 i.e. superintendent of the foundries of gold in the American continent; died 1537 

 in Valladolid. Historia general y natural de las Indias islas y tierra firme del mar 

 oceano por el Capitan Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y ValiUs, primer chronista 

 del nuevo mundo. Publ. dal codice orig. y illustr. p. J. Amador de los Rios. 

 This complete edition has been published in 4 vols., from 1853 to 1855, by 

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

 " Summario de la natural y general Historia de las Indias," Toledo, 1526, 

 fol., " Frimera parte de la Historia natural y general de las Indias," Sevilla, 



