Table of Contents

• List of Tables
• List of Maps
• Preface
• Prologue
• Chapter 1. Pre-Columbian Spain—The Full Hourglass
• Chapter 2. Mexico before Columbus
• Chapter 3. Pre-Columbian Agriculture in the American Southwest
• Chapter 4. European Plantways to the New World: 1492-1521
• Chapter 5. Old World Agriculture Comes to the Mexican Mainland
• Chapter 6. Spanish Trade, Technology, and Livestock
• Chapter 7. New Mexico's First Mediterranean Gardens
• Chapter 8. Into Sonora and Arizona
• Chapter 9. The Corridor into Texas
• Chapter 10. Hispanic Farmers Return to New Mexico
• Chapter 11. Mediterranean Connections to Florida and California
• Epilogue
• Appendix: Master Plant List
• Glossary
• Sources
• Selected Bibliography
• Index

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The fascinating story of the diffusion of plants, gardens, agriculture, and cuisine from late medieval Spain to the colonial frontier of Hispanic America

About the Author

William W. Dunmire (1930–2019) of Placitas, New Mexico, was a retired National Park Service naturalist and writer-photographer on natural history topics.

Reviews

"With a light hand, William Dunmire traces the fascinating journeys of plants--from the gardens of the Alhambra, to the floating gardens of Xochimilco, to the sunken gardens of California's Mission San Luis Rey, and to all points in between. Deeply learned, with splendid maps, illustrations, and tables, this is an invaluable reference, but it is also a delight to read." David Weber, Robert and Nancy Dedman Professor of History and Director of the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University