Experiencing nature : the Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution / / Antonio Barrera-Osorio.
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| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 211 p. :; ill., maps, facsims. |
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Table of Contents:
- Searching the land for commodities
- A chamber of knowledge: the Casa de la Contratacion 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 Contratacion
- Appendix 2. Instruments
- Appendix 3. Spanish scientific books.