02902nam 2200601 450 991046505660332120200903223051.090-04-25677-610.1163/9789004256774(CKB)3710000000168318(EBL)1730277(SSID)ssj0001262455(PQKBManifestationID)11707206(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001262455(PQKBWorkID)11211139(PQKB)10376486(MiAaPQ)EBC1730277(nllekb)BRILL9789004256774(PPN)184922666(Au-PeEL)EBL1730277(CaPaEBR)ebr10891250(CaONFJC)MIL626143(OCoLC)883570576(EXLCZ)99371000000016831820140718h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrScience in the vanished Arcadia knowledge of nature in the Jesuit missions of Paraguay and Rio de la Plata /by Miguel de AsúaLeiden, Netherlands :Brill,2014.©20141 online resource (403 p.)Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions,2352-1325 ;Volume 11Description based upon print version of record.90-04-25676-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Natural Histories -- 2 Herbals -- 3 Maps -- 4 The Heavens -- 5 Science in the Italian Exile -- 6 A Last Word -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.In Science in the Vanished Miguel de Asúa provides the first modern comprehensive account of Jesuit science in the missions of Paraguay and the River Plate region during the 17th and 18th centuries. Focusing on individual Jesuits and underlining the relationships of their work to the religious goals of the Society of Jesus, the book covers the disciplines of natural history, cartography, medical botany, astronomy and the topics pursued by the former missionaries in their Italian exile. Based on many so far unexplored manuscripts and a vast corpus of primary sources, the book argues the existence of a tradition of research on nature consistent with universal Jesuit science and at the same time original in its articulation of Western learning and aboriginal lore on nature.History of science and medicine library.Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ;Volume 11.Religion and scienceElectronic books.Religion and science.500.88/27153089Asúa Miguel de897854MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465056603321Science in the vanished Arcadia2184493UNINA