[MR] American Indian corn in Mediterranean in 16th c.

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If you've been looking for documentation for the use of American Indian  corn 
in Europe during the SCA time period, here is a nice little gem.
Nancy / Ingvild
 

Nancy,
 
    Not "soon after 1500"  but Cosimo de Medici, husband of Eleonora of 
Toledo mentions his "Indian  Maize" crop in an Italian field.  Checked out the 
Medici Archives Project  where I found this:
 
     1548 April  30
    
Date  Uncertain Doc  undated
    .
    From: Not Relevant in this  Entry 
    
Location: Not  Relevant in this Entry
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    To: Not Relevant in this  Entry 
    
Location: Not  Relevant in this Entry
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    Synopsis: Unsigned and undated  note, probably in the hand of 
    
Lorenzo Pagni,  between two dated drafts of letters from  
    
Duke Cosimo,  ordering Pierfrancesco Riccio to have 
    
"Indian" grain  planted in the field below the Vivaio in the  
    
garden at the Villa  at Castello.
    .
    Extract: [...] Scrivere al Maiordomo  [Pierfrancesco Riccio] che 
    
faccia sementare il campo  ch'è sotto il vivaio a Castello
    
de' grani d'India  
Wanda