Experiencing nature [electronic resource] : the Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution / Antonio Barrera-Osorio.
Publication details: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 211 p. : ill., maps, facsimsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 509.8 22
- Q127.L29 B37 2006eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.
Searching the land for commodities -- A chamber of knowledge: the Casa de la Contrataci�on 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 Contrataci�on -- Appendix 2. Instruments -- Appendix 3. Spanish scientific books.
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