Visible empire : botanical expeditions & visual culture in the Hispanic Enlightenment /
Bleichmar, Daniela,1973-
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press,
2012.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-271) and index.
Introduction: natural history and visual culture in the Spanish empire -- A botanical reconquista -- Natural history and visual epistemology -- Painting as exploration -- Economic botany and the limits of the visual -- Visions of imperial nature: global white space, local color -- Conclusion: the empire as an image machine.
Botany
Scientific expeditions
Botanical illustration
Natural history