RT Book
T1 Experiencing nature: the Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution
A1 Barrera-Osorio, Antonio 1964-
LA English
PP Austin, Tex.
PB Univ. of Texas Press
YR 2006
ED 1. ed.
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/486043320
AB 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.
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN a
SN 978-0-292-72594-2
SN 978-0-292-70981-2
SN 0-292-70981-1
K1 Science : Latin America : History : To 1830
K1 Science : Spain : History : To 1830
K1 Science : United States : History : To 1830
K1 Latin America : History : To 1830
K1 Spain : History
K1 Spain : Colonies : America
K1 Spain : History : To 1830