Experiencing nature: the Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution
Searching the land for commodities -- A chamber of knowledge: the Casa de la Contrataciòn 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 Wo...
| Summary: | Searching the land for commodities -- A chamber of knowledge: the Casa de la Contrataciòn 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 Contrataciòn -- Appendix 2. Instruments -- Appendix 3. Spanish scientific books. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XI, 211 S., Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-292-72594-2 978-0-292-70981-2 0-292-70981-1 |
