"A Perfect Red" recounts the colourful history of cochineal, a legendary red dye that was once one of the world's most precious commodities. Treasured by the ancient Mexicans...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:432
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Amy Butler Greenfield
ISBN:9780552778299
Treasured by the ancient Mexicans, cochineal was sold in the great Aztec marketplaces. Shipped to Europe by Spanish conquistadors in 1519, the dye created a sensation. Desperate to find their own sources of the dye...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:432
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Amy Butler Greenfield
ISBN:9780060522766
In the sixteenth century, one of the world's most precious commodities was cochineal, a legendary red dye treasured by the ancient Mexicans and sold in the great Aztec marketplaces...more details Format:Paperback Pages:338
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Amy Butler Greenfield
ISBN:9780060522759
"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...more details Format:Hardback Pages:352
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Amy Butler Greenfield
ISBN:9780385605151
A dramatic history of cochineal, the small Mexican beetle whose precious red dye provoked global intrigue and piracy from medieval times to the present day - for fans of Mark Kurlansky A PERFECT RED recounts the colourful history of cochineal...more details Format:Hardback Pages:352
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Amy Butler;Amy Butler Greenfield
ISBN:9780618247523
Rob Brackett is in dire straits. He's always known that the first rule of survival is to not stick your neck out for anyone but yourself. But he disregarded his own advice and took another orphan...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:192