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Author:

Barrera-Osorio, Antonio, 1964-

Title:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xi, 211 p. : ill., maps, facsims. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Science--Latin America--History--To 1830.
Science--Spain--History--To 1830.
Science--United States--History--To 1830.
Latin America--History--To 1830.
Spain--History
Spain--Colonies--America.

Notes:

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

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.

ISBN:

9780292709812
9780292709812 (cl. : alk. paper)
0292709811 (cl. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60312544

LCCN:

2005011166

Locations:

USUX851 -- ISU Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (University of Iowa) (Iowa City)