02437nam 22006254a 450 991045191180332120200520144314.00-292-79594-7(CKB)1000000000461696(OCoLC)191929037(CaPaEBR)ebrary10172730(SSID)ssj0000152022(PQKBManifestationID)11146950(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152022(PQKBWorkID)10320995(PQKB)10133151(MiAaPQ)EBC3442996(OCoLC)69198944(MdBmJHUP)muse2228(Au-PeEL)EBL3442996(CaPaEBR)ebr10172730(EXLCZ)99100000000046169620050421d2006 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrExperiencing nature[electronic resource] the Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution /Antonio Barrera-Osorio1st ed.Austin, TX University of Texas Press20061 online resource (224 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-292-70981-1 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.ScienceLatin AmericaHistoryTo 1830ScienceSpainHistoryTo 1830ScienceUnited StatesHistoryTo 1830Latin AmericaHistoryTo 1830SpainHistorySpainColoniesAmericaElectronic books.ScienceHistoryScienceHistoryScienceHistory509.8Barrera-Osorio Antonio1964-891454MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451911803321Experiencing nature1991103UNINA