LEADER 03814nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910454179103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-96638-X 010 $a9786611966386 010 $a0-226-73356-4 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226733562 035 $a(CKB)1000000000578354 035 $a(EBL)432289 035 $a(OCoLC)309877290 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000200013 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11170797 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200013 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10196940 035 $a(PQKB)10095827 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000777575 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12337758 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777575 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10757634 035 $a(PQKB)11594396 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC432289 035 $a(DE-B1597)524755 035 $a(OCoLC)1063816203 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226733562 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL432289 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10265940 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL196638 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000578354 100 $a20080423d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMeasuring the new world$b[electronic resource] $eenlightenment science and South America /$fNeil Safier 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (406 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-73362-9 311 $a0-226-73355-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 327-371) and index. 327 $aThe ruined pyramids of Yaruqui? -- 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. 330 $aPrior to 1735, South America was terra incognita to many Europeans. But that year, the Paris Academy of Sciences sent a mission to the Spanish American province of Quito (in present-day Ecuador) to study the curvature of the earth at the Equator. Equipped with quadrants and telescopes, the mission's participants referred to the transfer of scientific knowledge from Europe to the Andes as a "sacred fire" passing mysteriously through European astronomical instruments to observers in South America. By taking an innovative interdisciplinary look at the traces of this expedition, Measuring the New World examines the transatlantic flow of knowledge from West to East. Through ephemeral monuments and geographical maps, this book explores how the social and cultural worlds of South America contributed to the production of European scientific knowledge during the Enlightenment. Neil Safier uses the notebooks of traveling philosophers, as well as specimens from the expedition, to place this particular scientific endeavor in the larger context of early modern print culture and the emerging intellectual category of scientist as author. 606 $aScientific expeditions$zEcuador$zQuito$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aScience$zEurope$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aCommunication in science$zEurope$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aEcuador$xDiscovery and exploration$xFrench 607 $aAmazon River Region$xDiscovery and exploration 607 $aSouth America$xHistorical geography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aScientific expeditions$xHistory 615 0$aScience$xHistory 615 0$aCommunication in science$xHistory 676 $a509/.033 686 $aNK 4760$2rvk 700 $aSafier$b Neil$0990073 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454179103321 996 $aMeasuring the new world$92264597 997 $aUNINA