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Experiencing nature [electronic resource] : the Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution / Antonio Barrera-Osorio.

By:

Barrera-Osorio, Antonio, 1964-

Contributor(s):

ebrary, Inc

Publication details: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 211 p. : ill., maps, facsims. ; 24 cmSubject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

DDC classification:

509.8 22

LOC classification:

Q127.L29 B37 2006eb

Online resources:

An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Contents:

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.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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