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Leighton Library has 1596 edition of

Leighton Library has 1596 edition of "De natura noui orbis" about the New World, by José de Acosta

Added at 09:27 on 15 February 2025
The Leighton Library has a 1596 edition of "De natura noui orbis" about the New World, by Spanish Jesuit missionary and naturalist in Latin America José de Acosta who died #OnThisDay 15 February 1600. His deductions related to the atmosphere, when crossing over the Andes, is a variety of altitude sickness now referred to as Acosta's disease
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