Experiencing nature [[electronic resource] ] : the Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution / / Antonio Barrera-Osorio
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| Autore: |
Barrera-Osorio Antonio <1964->
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| Titolo: |
Experiencing nature [[electronic resource] ] : the Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution / / Antonio Barrera-Osorio
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| Pubblicazione: | Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, 2006 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 509.8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Science - Latin America - History - To 1830 |
| Science - Spain - History - To 1830 | |
| Science - United States - History - To 1830 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Latin America History To 1830 |
| Spain History | |
| Spain Colonies America | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Experiencing nature |
| ISBN: | 0-292-79594-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910451911803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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