TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barrera-Osorio,Antonio
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Experiencing nature: the Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution 
AV  - Q127.L29 B37 2006eb
U1  - 509.8 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Austin, TX
PB  - University of Texas Press
KW  - Science
KW  - Latin America
KW  - History
KW  - To 1830
KW  - Spain
KW  - United States
KW  - Colonies
KW  - America
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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ER  -