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Garcia de Orta, a Common card
Garcia de Orta was a Portuguese physician, herbalist, and naturalist, who worked primarily in Goa and Bombay in Portuguese India.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 62
- Power
- 130
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,100
Power 130 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Garcia de Orta quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Garcia de Orta card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His most famous work is ______ dos simples e drogas da India, a book on simples and drugs.
Answer
Colóquios. His most famous work is Colóquios dos simples e drogas da India, a book on simples and drugs. From the Garcia de Orta article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Published in ____, it is the earliest treatise on the medicinal and economic plants of India.
Answer
1560s. Published in 1563, it is the earliest treatise on the medicinal and economic plants of India. From the Garcia de Orta article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
V National Assembly of Venezuela. V National Assembly of Venezuela 78 · Raghuttama Tirtha 71 · Garcia de Orta 68 · Guilin Scenic Area 62 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A pioneer of tropical medicine, pharmacognosy, and ethnobotany, Garcia used an experimental approach to the identification and the use of herbal medicines, rather than relying completely on received knowledge.
- His most famous work is Colóquios dos simples e drogas da India, a book on simples and drugs.
- Published in 1563, it is the earliest treatise on the medicinal and economic plants of India.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Garcia de Orta article was read about 8,100 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 62: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Garcia de Orta (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Veloso Salgado, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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