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Secret science : Spanish cosmography and the new world /
The discovery of the New World raised many questions for early modern scientists: What did these lands contain? Where did they lie in relation to Europe? Who lived there, and what were their inhabitants like? Imperial expansion necessitated changes in the way scientific knowledge was gathered, and S...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The discovery of the New World raised many questions for early modern scientists: What did these lands contain? Where did they lie in relation to Europe? Who lived there, and what were their inhabitants like? Imperial expansion necessitated changes in the way scientific knowledge was gathered, and Spanish cosmographers in particular were charged with turning their observations of the New World into a body of knowledge that could be used for governing the largest empire the world had ever known. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 335 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-325) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226675374 0226675378 9780226675343 0226675343 1282239929 9781282239920 9786612239922 6612239921 |