Sixteenth-century tomatoes in Europe: who saw them, what they looked like, and where they came from
Background Soon after the Spanish conquest of the Americas, the first tomatoes were presented as curiosities to the European elite and drew the attention of sixteenth-century Italian naturalists. Despite of their scientific interest in this New World crop, most Renaissance botanists did not specify...
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PeerJ Inc.
2022-01-01
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