There's a mention of Mexican cochineal, but nothing about what it supplanted in Europe, the Polish cochineal, which was traded widely in Europe. https://en.wik

There's a mention of Mexican cochineal, but nothing about what it supplanted in Europe, the Polish cochineal, which was traded widely in Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_cochineal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_cochineal I also found this bit from the MET: https://issuu.com/metmuseum/docs/cochineal_winter_2010_bulletin https://issuu.com/metmuseum/docs/cochineal_winter_2010_bulle...