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1 online resource (225 pages)
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9780292795945
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- ONE. Searching the Land for Commodities -- TWO. A Chamber of Knowledge: The Casa de la Contratación and Its Empirical Methods -- THREE. Communities of Experts: Artisans and Innovation in the New World -- FOUR. Circuits of Information: Reports from the New World -- FIVE. 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 -- Notes -- Introduction -- 1. Searching the Land for Commodities -- 2. A Chamber of Knowledge -- 3. Communities of Experts -- 4. Circuits of Information -- 5. Books of Nature -- Conclusions: The Politics of Knowledge -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Barrera-Osorio, Antonio, 1964 - Experiencing nature Austin, Tex. : Univ. of Texas Press, 2006 ISBN 9780292725942
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780292709812
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0292709811
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Natural Sciences
,
Romance Studies
Keywords:
Spanien
;
Kolonie
;
Amerika
;
Umwelt
;
Naturwissenschaften
;
Empirie
;
Wissenschaftliche Revolution
;
Geschichte 1500-1600
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