Download or read book A Perfect Red written by Amy Butler Greenfield and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Perfect Red recounts the colorful history of cochineal, a legendary red dye that was once one of the world's most precious commodities. Treasured by the ancient Mexicans, cochineal was sold in the great Aztec marketplaces, where it attracted the attention of the Spanish conquistadors in 1519. Shipped to Europe, the dye created a sensation, producing the brightest, strongest red the world had ever seen. Soon Spain's cochineal monopoly was worth a fortune. Desperate to find their own sources of the elusive dye, the English, French, Dutch, and other Europeans tried to crack the enigma of cochineal. Did it come from a worm, a berry, a seed? Could it be stolen from Mexico and transplanted to their own colonies? Pirates, explorers, alchemists, scientists, and spies -- all joined the chase for cochineal, a chase that lasted more than three centuries. A Perfect Red tells their stories -- true-life tales of mystery, empire, and adventure, in pursuit of the most desirable color on earth.
Download or read book Cochineal Red written by Hugh Thomson and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2010-11-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine that all the great discoveries of Ancient Egypt had happened in the last few years...and you will have some conception of the great excitement over recent finds in Peru Peru wears its ancient cultures wrapped around in layers, like one of the mummified bodies so well preserved by the nitrates of its deserts. After his acclaimed book on the Incas, The White Rock, Hugh Thomson unwraps those layers to show how civilisation emerged so early and so spectacularly in this toughest and most arid of terrains. Many of the extraordinary cultures of Ancient Peru, from the lines of Nasca to the temple-cult of Chavín, buried in the mountains, and the great pyramids of the coast, have only started to give up their secrets and antiquity in just the last few years. Hugh Thomson has been at the forefront of some of these discoveries himself, having made headlines with his work near Machu Picchu. Now he takes the reader on a journey back from the world of the Incas to the first dawn of Andean civilisation, to give an immensely personal and accessible guide to the wonders that have been revealed.
Download or read book Cochineal Red written by Elena Phipps and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2010 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From antiquity to the present day, color has been embedded with cultural meaning. Associated with blood, fire, fertility, and life force, the color red has always been extremely difficult to achieve and thus highly prized." "This book discusses the origin of the red colorant derived from the insect cochineal, its early use in Precolumbian ritual textiles from Mexico and Peru, and the spread of the American dyestuff through cultural interchange following the Spanish discovery and conquest of the New World in the 16th century. Drawing on examples from the collections of the Metropolitan Museum, it documents the use of this red-colored treasure in several media and throughout the world.
Download or read book The Cochineal written by Anonymous and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-25 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a children's book originally published for use in a Sunday school. It begins with a ten-year-old boy and his father examining a cochineal insect through a powerful magnifier. They are then able to see in detail the beautiful pattern on its head and back and the tiny scales that make up the pattern. The boy exclaims how wonderful God must be to take so much care with making this tiny creature.
Download or read book Memoir on the Bengal Cochineal written by Nicolà FONTANA (of Cremona.) and published by . This book was released on 1799 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Communications relating to natural history and especially to the cochineal insect from October the 1st until the 12th of December 1795 written by James ANDERSON (M.D., Physician General at Madras.) and published by . This book was released on 1795 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Account of the Importation of American Cochineal insects into Hindostan written by James ANDERSON (M.D., Physician General at Madras.) and published by . This book was released on 1795 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cochineal and the Insect Dyes written by Frederick H. Gerber and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Dictionary of the Economic Products of India Cabbage to Cyperus written by Sir George Watt and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress on Cactus Pear and Cochineal written by Ali Nefzaoui and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1912-45 include proceedings of the association's annual meeting.
Download or read book Board of Trade Journal of Tariff and Trade Notices written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 1062 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Board of Trade Journal of Tariff and Trade Notices and Miscellaneous Commercial Information written by Great Britain. Board of Trade and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Color Trade Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cochineal Red written by Silvana Gardner and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of eight poems exploring such themes as birds, herbs and flowers. The author's previous works include TWhen Sunday Comes' and TThe Devil in Nature'. One of the TPamphlet Poets Series'.
Download or read book A Manual of Dyeing written by Edmund Knecht and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
