Experiencing nature
Subtitle: the Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution
By: Antonio Barrera-Osorio.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Austin, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Science -- Latin America -- History -- To 1830.; Science -- Spain -- History -- To 1830.; Science -- United States -- History -- To 1830.; Latin America -- History -- To 1830.; Spain -- History -- To 1830.; Spain -- Colonies -- America.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Searching the land for commodities; title: A chamber of knowledge: the Casa de la Contrataciòn and its empirical methods; title: Communities of experts: artisans and innovation in the New World; title: Circuits of information: reports from the New World; title: Books of nature: scholars, natural history, and the New World; title: Conclusions: the politics of knowledge; title: Appendix 1. Pilots and cosmographers at the Casa de la Contrataciòn; title: Appendix 2. Instruments; title: Appendix 3. Spanish scientific books.