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100 1 _aBarrera-Osorio, Antonio.
245 1 0 _aExperiencing Nature :
_bThe Spanish American Empire and the Early Scientific Revolution.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aAustin :
_bUniversity of Texas Press,
_c2006.
264 4 _c©2006.
300 _a1 online resource (224 pages)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
505 0 _aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- ONE. Searching the Land for Commodities -- TWO. A Chamber of Knowledge: The Casa de la Contratación and Its Empirical Methods -- THREE. Communities of Experts: Artisans and Innovation in the New World -- FOUR. Circuits of Information: Reports from the New World -- FIVE. 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 -- Notes -- Introduction -- 1. Searching the Land for Commodities -- 2. A Chamber of Knowledge -- 3. Communities of Experts -- 4. Circuits of Information -- 5. Books of Nature -- Conclusions: The Politics of Knowledge -- Bibliography -- Index.
520 _aNo detailed description available for "Experiencing Nature".
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aScience-Latin America-History-To 1830.
650 0 _aScience-Spain-History-To 1830.
650 0 _aScience-United States-History-To 1830.
650 0 _aLatin America-History-To 1830.
650 0 _aSpain-History.
650 0 _aSpain-Colonies-America.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aBarrera-Osorio, Antonio
_tExperiencing Nature
_dAustin : University of Texas Press,c2006
_z9780292709812
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3442996
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