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

Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Barrera-Osorio, Antonio, 1964-
Awdur Corfforaethol: ebrary, Inc
Fformat: Electronig eLyfr
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2006.
Rhifyn:1st ed.
Pynciau:
Mynediad Ar-lein:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Tagiau: Ychwanegu Tag
Dim Tagiau, Byddwch y cyntaf i dagio'r cofnod hwn!
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • 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.