Measuring the new world : enlightenment science and South America /

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Prior to 1735, South America was largely terra incognita to many Europeans. But that year, the Paris Academy of Sciences sent a joint French and Spanish mission to the Spanish American province of Quito (in present-day Ecuador) to study the curvature of the Earth at the Equator--an expedition that w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Safier, Neil
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Temas:
Mission géodésique (France)
1700-1799
Scientific expeditions > Ecuador > Quito > History > 18th century.
Science > Europe > History > 18th century.
Communication in science > Europe > History > 18th century.
Expéditions scientifiques > Équateur > Quito > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Sciences > Europe > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Information scientifique > Europe > Histoire > 18e siècle.
SCIENCE > History.
Communication in science
Discoveries in geography
Discoveries in geography > French
Historical geography
Science
Scientific expeditions
Ecuador > Discovery and exploration > French.
Amazon River Region > Discovery and exploration.
South America > Historical geography.
Amérique du Sud > Géographie historique.
Amazon River Region
Ecuador
Ecuador > Quito
Europe
South America
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The ruined pyramids of Yaruquí
  • 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.

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