TY - BOOK AU - Safier,Neil ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Measuring the new world: enlightenment science and South America AV - Q115 .S236 2008eb U1 - 509/.033 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Mission geodesique (France) KW - Scientific expeditions KW - Ecuador KW - Quito KW - History KW - 18th century KW - Science KW - Europe KW - Communication in science KW - Discovery and exploration KW - French KW - Amazon River Region KW - South America KW - Historical geography KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-371) and index; The ruined pyramids of Yaruquí -- An enlightened Amazon, with fables and a fold-out map -- Armchair explorers -- Correcting Quito -- A nation defamed and defended -- Incas in the king's garden -- The golden monkey and the monkey-worm; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://ezproxy.taylors.edu.my/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/taylorscollege/Doc?id=10265940 ER -