Category - Non Fiction / Art

Format - Paperback

Condition - Good

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Est. Publication Date - Jul 2006

A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire

Publisher Description

A history of the red dye cochineal cites its role in building the empires of monopoly holders in ancient Mexico and sixteenth-century Spain, tracing the efforts of European pirates, explorers, alchemi...