Cochineal Red

Client: Metropolitan Museum of Art
January 2010
Maps showing the origin and cultivation of the various cochineal and other red-dye scale insects from which red colorants have been derived.
Eurasia-v5
Red-dye scale insect ranges in Eurasia and Africa
africa, asia, book, europe, thematic, topo
Americas-v5
Cochineal insects in the Americas
americas, book, empire, historical, science, thematic, topo
Trade-v4
Trade pathways for cochineal red
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