Experiencing nature [[electronic resource] ] : the Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution / / Antonio Barrera-Osorio |
Autore | Barrera-Osorio Antonio <1964-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, 2006 |
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 |
ISBN | 0-292-79594-7 |
Classificazione | NN 1710 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777518603321 |
Barrera-Osorio Antonio <1964-> | ||
Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Experiencing nature : the Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution / / Antonio Barrera-Osorio |
Autore | Barrera-Osorio Antonio <1964-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, 2006 |
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 |
ISBN | 0-292-79594-7 |
Classificazione | NN 1710 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Searching the land for commodities -- A chamber of knowledge: the Casa de la Contratacion 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 Contratacion -- Appendix 2. Instruments -- Appendix 3. Spanish scientific books. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814928003321 |
Barrera-Osorio Antonio <1964-> | ||
Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gardens of New Spain : how Mediterranean plants and foods changed America / / by William W. Dunmire ; illustrated by Evangeline L. Dunmire |
Autore | Dunmire William W |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (396 p.) |
Disciplina | 630/.972 |
Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - New Spain - History
Food crops - New Spain - History Indians of North America - Ethnobotany - Southwest, New |
ISBN | 0-292-79731-1 |
Classificazione | NN 1710 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Prologue -- Chapter 1 Pre-Columbian Spain—The Full Hourglass -- Chapter 2 Mexico before Columbus -- Chapter 3 Pre-Columbian Agriculture in the American Southwest -- Chapter 4 European Plantways to the New World: 1492–1521 -- Chapter 5 Old World Agriculture Comes to the Mexican Mainland -- Chapter 6 Spanish Trade, Technology, and Livestock -- Chapter 7 New Mexico’s First Mediterranean Gardens -- Chapter 8 Into Sonora and Arizona -- Chapter 9 The Corridor into Texas -- Chapter 10 Hispanic Farmers Return to New Mexico -- Chapter 11 Mediterranean Connections to Florida and California -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Master Plant List -- Glossary -- Sources -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777694203321 |
Dunmire William W | ||
Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gardens of New Spain : how Mediterranean plants and foods changed America / / by William W. Dunmire ; illustrated by Evangeline L. Dunmire |
Autore | Dunmire William W |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (396 p.) |
Disciplina | 630/.972 |
Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - New Spain - History
Food crops - New Spain - History Indians of North America - Ethnobotany - Southwest, New |
ISBN | 0-292-79731-1 |
Classificazione | NN 1710 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Prologue -- Chapter 1 Pre-Columbian Spain—The Full Hourglass -- Chapter 2 Mexico before Columbus -- Chapter 3 Pre-Columbian Agriculture in the American Southwest -- Chapter 4 European Plantways to the New World: 1492–1521 -- Chapter 5 Old World Agriculture Comes to the Mexican Mainland -- Chapter 6 Spanish Trade, Technology, and Livestock -- Chapter 7 New Mexico’s First Mediterranean Gardens -- Chapter 8 Into Sonora and Arizona -- Chapter 9 The Corridor into Texas -- Chapter 10 Hispanic Farmers Return to New Mexico -- Chapter 11 Mediterranean Connections to Florida and California -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Master Plant List -- Glossary -- Sources -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811455303321 |
Dunmire William W | ||
Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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