The chapter on "Linnaeus in Mexico" analyzes the controversy between the botanist Pedro the Observer and Don Ingenuo regarding the classification and properties of plants, especially the peanut. It examines the erudition ...

This chapter details the public botany exercises organized at the Royal and Pontifical University, where three bachelor's degree holders, under the direction of Don Vicente Cervantes, presented their knowledge and skills ...

This chapter presents a correspondence between Cervantes and his friend Pedro the Observer, in which they discuss various issues related to the advancement of science and critiques of contemporary scientific notions. ...

This chapter describes the public botany exercises held on December 20th at the Royal and Pontifical University of New Spain. Under the direction of Don Vicente Cervantes, students from the Royal Botanical Garden presented ...

This chapter presents a defense of Carl Linnaeus's botanical classification system in response to criticisms leveled by a contributor to the Gazette. The contributor, known as the Disciple, argues that Linnaeus's botanical ...

This chapter examines the impact and cultural implications of the arrival of settlers in Mexico City, highlighting the relevance of the observations made by Joseph Antonio de Alzate in his literary gazette. The author, ...

Cervantes' chapter "Letter in Defense of Botany" examines and defends Linnaeus's proposed botanical methodology against recent criticisms in the Gaceta Literaria. Cervantes argues that the systematization of botany not ...

This chapter focuses on a speech delivered by Vicente de Cervantes at the Royal Botanical Garden in 1794, in which he meticulously describes the plant known as "Castilla elastica" or "rubber tree." Cervantes divides his ...