4:36 PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY, ETC. 
sake of trade, as well as soon after the discovery of 
America by Columbus, love of money induced many 
to visit that country. Some of them, however, un- 
dertook these journeys for the investigation of na- 
tural history. Of these deserve to be named, Gar- 
zias ab Horto*, Christopher a Costat, Joseph a Cos- 
tat, Nicolas Monardis, Gonsalvus Ferdinand Ovi- 
edo, Franciscus Lopez de Gomara, Franciscus Her- 
nandez||, and many others. 
Leonard Rauwolff, a German, undertook a 
troublesome journey throughout the Levant. He 
travelled in the years 1573—1575, through Syria, 
Arabia, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Assyria, and Ar- 
menia. After his return he settled as physician at 
Braun. ‘There are several cther editions by Caspar Bawhin, 
two published at Francfort 1613 and 1625, and two at Basil 
1664 and 1687. The Latin edition is in square 4to. ; under 
the title, Icones plantarum sive stirpium tam inquilinarum 
quam exoticarum. Published twice at Francfort, 1588 and 
1590. Many of the figures are taken from others, but they 
are all very distinct. ‘The Latin editions are scarce. 
* Physician to the king of Portugal. Published something 
on Aromatics in 1563, in 4to. of which we have transla- 
tions in all languages. Clusius got it printed along with 
his larger work. : 
+ Surgeon, born of Portuguese parents in Africa, wrote 
likewise several treatises on Aromatics, to be found in Clusius. 
t A Jesuit, wrote a work on animals, plants, and fossils, 
Barcelona. 1578. 4to. 7 
‘|| Physician to King Philip the Second of Spain. Nova 
plantarum et mineralium Mexicanorum historia. Rom. 1651. 
Very rare, but quite useless, 
A Augsburg, 
