Chocolate: or, An Indian Drinke

Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma was a significant figure in the historical dissemination of chocolate in European culture. A Spanish physician and surgeon of the late Renaissance, Colmenero de Ledesma penned what is considered one of the foundational texts on chocolate in the West, 'Chocolate: or, An Indian Drinke' (first published in Spanish in 1631 as 'Chocolata Inda'), which was translated into se...