Format:
XI, 211 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
Edition:
1. ed.
ISBN:
9780292725942
,
9780292709812
,
0292709811
Content:
Searching the land for commodities -- A chamber of knowledge: the Casa de la Contrataciòn 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 Contrataciòn -- Appendix 2. Instruments -- Appendix 3. Spanish scientific books.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Bibliography (p. [189]-204)
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Barrera-Osorio, Antonio, 1964 - Experiencing Nature Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006 ISBN 9780292795945
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Natural Sciences
,
Romance Studies
Keywords:
Spanien
;
Kolonialismus
;
Amerika
;
Naturwissenschaften
;
Entdeckung
;
Geschichte 1500-1700
