The Natural Frontiers of a Global Empire: The Pineapple—<i>Ananas comosus</i>—In Portuguese Sources of the 16th Century
The great oceanic voyages had unexpected consequences on the pace with which plants moved between the most far-removed corners of the globe. From the mid-sixteenth century onwards, the huge distances covered led to an unprecedented change in the distribution of vegetable species. Settlers and voyage...
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MDPI AG
2020-08-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/9/3/89 |