Experiencing nature : the Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution /

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"In this book, Antonio Barrera-Osorio investigates how Spain's need for accurate information about its American colonies gave rise to empirical scientific practices and their institutionalization, which, he asserts, was Spain's chief contribution to the early scientific revolution

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Barrera-Osorio, Antonio, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Lateinamerika
To 1830
Science > Latin America > History > To 1830.
Science > Spain > History > To 1830.
Science > United States > History > To 1830.
Science > history
SCIENCE > History.
Spanish colonies
Science
Erforschung
Kolonialismus
Naturwissenschaften
Naturvetenskap > historia > Spanien > nya tiden.
Vetenskapshistoria.
Latin America > History > To 1830.
Spain > History.
Spain > Colonies > America.
Amérique latine > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1830.
Espagne > Histoire.
Espagne > Colonies > Amérique.
America
Latin America
Spain
United States
Amerika
Spanien
Latinamerika > historia > nya tiden.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Searching the land for commodities
  • A chamber of knowledge: the Casa de la Contratación and its empirical methods
  • Communities of experts: artisans and innovation in the New World
  • Circuits of information: reports from the New World
  • Books of nature: scholars, natural history, and the New World
  • Conclusions: the politics of knowledge
  • Appendix 1. Pilots and cosmographers at the Casa de la Contratación
  • Appendix 2. Instruments
  • Appendix 3. Spanish scientific books.

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