02035nam a22003854a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003400112040002100146035002100167043002100188050002500209082001400234100003600248245014100284250001200425260005200437300003900489504006600528505049500594533015201089650004601241650003801287650004601325651003701371651002001408651003001428655002901458710001701487856012601504999001901630ebr10172730CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||050421s2006    txuabh  sb   s001 0 eng    z  2005011166  z0292709811 (cl. : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)191929037  acl-----an-us---14aQ127.L29bB37 2006eb04a509.82221 aBarrera-Osorio, Antonio,d1964-10aExperiencing natureh[electronic resource] :bthe Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution /cAntonio Barrera-Osorio.  a1st ed.  aAustin, TX :bUniversity of Texas Press,c2006.  axi, 211 p. :bill., maps, facsims.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.0 aSearching the land for commodities -- A chamber of knowledge: the Casa de la Contrataci�on 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 Contrataci�on -- Appendix 2. Instruments -- Appendix 3. Spanish scientific books.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aSciencezLatin AmericaxHistoryyTo 1830. 0aSciencezSpainxHistoryyTo 1830. 0aSciencezUnited StatesxHistoryyTo 1830. 0aLatin AmericaxHistoryyTo 1830. 0aSpainxHistory. 0aSpainxColonieszAmerica. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10172730zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c138696d138696