Experiencing nature [electronic resource] : the Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution / Antonio Barrera-Osorio.
2006
Q127.L29 B37 2006eb
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Experiencing nature [electronic resource] : the Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution / Antonio Barrera-Osorio.
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1st ed.
ISBN
0292709811 (cl. : alk. paper)
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Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2006.
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English
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xi, 211 p. : ill., maps, facsims. ; 24 cm.
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Q127.L29 B37 2006eb
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509.8
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.
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Table of 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.
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.