Experiencing nature
Barrera-Osorio, Antonio, 1964-
Experiencing nature the Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution / [electronic resource] : Antonio Barrera-Osorio. - 1st ed. - Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2006. - xi, 211 p. : ill., maps, facsims. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.
Searching the land for commodities -- A chamber of knowledge: the Casa de la Contratación and its empirical methods -- Communities of experts: artisans and innovation in the New World -- Circuits of information: reports from the New World -- Books of nature: scholars, natural history, and the New World -- Conclusions: the politics of knowledge -- Appendix 1. Pilots and cosmographers at the Casa de la Contratación -- Appendix 2. Instruments -- Appendix 3. Spanish scientific books.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Science--History--Latin America--To 1830.
Science--History--Spain--To 1830.
Science--History--United States--To 1830.
Latin America--History--To 1830.
Spain--History.
Spain--Colonies--America.
Electronic books.
Q127.L29 / B37 2006eb
509.8
Experiencing nature the Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution / [electronic resource] : Antonio Barrera-Osorio. - 1st ed. - Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2006. - xi, 211 p. : ill., maps, facsims. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.
Searching the land for commodities -- A chamber of knowledge: the Casa de la Contratación and its empirical methods -- Communities of experts: artisans and innovation in the New World -- Circuits of information: reports from the New World -- Books of nature: scholars, natural history, and the New World -- Conclusions: the politics of knowledge -- Appendix 1. Pilots and cosmographers at the Casa de la Contratación -- Appendix 2. Instruments -- Appendix 3. Spanish scientific books.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Science--History--Latin America--To 1830.
Science--History--Spain--To 1830.
Science--History--United States--To 1830.
Latin America--History--To 1830.
Spain--History.
Spain--Colonies--America.
Electronic books.
Q127.L29 / B37 2006eb
509.8