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5. The Master Map (Padrón Real) and the cartography of the New World
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Mauricio Nieto
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- Table of Contents 7
- List of illustrations 11
- Acknowledgments 15
- Introduction 17
- 1. The Iberian Peninsula and the Atlantic 37
- 2. The imperial bureaucracy and the appropriation of the New World 55
- 3. The piloto mayor: cosmography and the art of navigation 75
- 4. Machines of the empire 119
- 5. The Master Map (Padrón Real) and the cartography of the New World 217
- 6. The creatures of God never seen before: natural history 245
- 7. The New World, global science, and Eurocentrism 285
- Bibliography 307
- About the Author 319
- Index 321
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- Table of Contents 7
- List of illustrations 11
- Acknowledgments 15
- Introduction 17
- 1. The Iberian Peninsula and the Atlantic 37
- 2. The imperial bureaucracy and the appropriation of the New World 55
- 3. The piloto mayor: cosmography and the art of navigation 75
- 4. Machines of the empire 119
- 5. The Master Map (Padrón Real) and the cartography of the New World 217
- 6. The creatures of God never seen before: natural history 245
- 7. The New World, global science, and Eurocentrism 285
- Bibliography 307
- About the Author 319
- Index 321
