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

By: Barrera-Osorio, Antonio, 1964-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2006Edition: 1st ed.Description: xi, 211 p. : ill., maps, facsims. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): 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 -- AmericaGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 509.8 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
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509.8 (Browse shelf) Available

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

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.