Author:
Barrera-Osorio, Antonio, 1964-
Edition Statement:1st ed.
Imprint:Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2006.
Descriptionxi, 211 p. : ill., maps, facsims. ; 24 cm.
Note: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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.
