Nov 12, 2010
Spanish exploration couldn’t have happened without the help of navigators, cartographers, geologists, naturalists and other scientists. Learn about their explorations into medicinal plants (including the tequila-producing agave), ore-bearing rocks and more when California historian Iris H.W. Engstrand speaks on “Scientists in New Spain: 18th-Century Expeditions” at 6 pm Friday, Nov. 12 in the History Museum Auditorium. This free event is part of the Threads of Memory Lecture Series.
