Experiencing nature the Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barrera-Osorio, Antonio, 1964-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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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.