Panel from the Florentine Codex depicting smallpox outbreaks in the Americas.

Bernardino de Sahagún1540/1585

Canada Science and Technology Museum
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Florentine Codex (1540-1585), Book XII folio 54 [detail]. Original title: Historia general de las cosas de nueva España (General history of the things of New Spain).

Details

Title: Panel from the Florentine Codex depicting smallpox outbreaks in the Americas.
Creator: Bernardino de Sahagún
Date Created: 1540/1585
Location Created: Mexico
Type: Medical Technology
Original Source: Florentine Codex
Rights: Florentine Codex (1540-1585), Book XII folio 54 [detail].

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