Author

Contributions

  • Bleichmar, Daniela, 1973- - Contributor

Publication

2009 - Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif, California

Language

English

Word Count

106,750 words, Guess

Page Count

427 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • DDC509.03
  • LCCQ127.L38 S36 2009
  • LCCQ127

Description

"This collection of essays is the first book published in English to provide a thorough survey of the practices of science in the Spanish and Portuguese empires from 1500 to 1800. Authored by an interdisciplinary team of specialists from the United States, Latin America, and Europe, the book consists of fifteen original essays, as well as an Introduction and an Afterword by renowned scholars in the field. The topics discussed include navigation, exploration, cartography, natural sciences, technology, and medicine. This volume is aimed at both specialists and non-specialists, and is presented in an open, accessible style. It will be a major resource for anyone interested in colonial Latin America."--Jacket.

Subjects

Topics

ScienceHistoryColoniesHistoriographyScience, europeScience, historyLatin America -- History -- To 1830

Other Editions

  • Science in the Spanish and Portuguese empires, 1500-1800Stanford University Press2009-01-01

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