Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.
Contents
Searching the land for commodities -- A chamber of knowledge: the Casa de la Contratacion 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 Contratacion -- Appendix 2. Instruments -- Appendix 3. Spanish scientific books.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
