Barrera-Osorio, Antonio,  1964- <br/><br/>
Experiencing nature  the Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution /  [electronic resource] : 
Antonio Barrera-Osorio. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Austin, TX :  University of Texas Press,  2006. 
 - xi, 211 p. :  ill., maps, facsims. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Science--History--Latin America--To 1830.<br/>Science--History--Spain--To 1830.<br/>Science--History--United States--To 1830.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Latin America--History--To 1830.<br/>Spain--History.<br/>Spain--Colonies--America.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q127.L29  / B37 2006eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>509.8