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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Portuondo, María M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Temas:
Cosmography > History.
Science > Historiography.
Cosmographie > Histoire.
REFERENCE > Atlases & Gazetteers.
TRAVEL.
Cosmography
Discoveries in geography > Spanish
Science > Historiography
America > Discovery and exploration > Spanish.
Spain > History.
Amérique > Découverte et exploration espagnoles.
Espagne > Histoire.
America
Spain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; A Note on Translations; Introduction. Spanish Science and the New World; Chapter 1. Renaissance Cosmography in the Era of Discovery; Chapter 2. Cosmographical Styles at the Casa, Consejo and Corte; Chapter 3. Cosmography Codified; Chapter 4. The Cosmographer-Chronicler of the Council of Indies; Chapter 5. The Cosmographer at Work; Chapter 6. Constructing a Cosmographical Epistemology; Chapter 7. Cosmography Dissolves; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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