Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Tables x
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Abbreviations xiii
7. A Note on Translations xiv
8. Introduction. Spanish Science and the New World 1
9. ONE. Renaissance Cosmography in the Era of Discovery 19
10. TWO. Cosmographical Styles at the Casa, Consejo, and Corte 60
11. THREE. Cosmography Codified 103
12. FOUR. The Cosmographer-Chronicler of the Council of the Indies 141
13. FIVE. The Cosmographer at Work 172
14. SIX. Constructing a Cosmographical Epistemology 210
15. SEVEN. Cosmography Dissolves 257
16. Conclusion 299
17. Bibliography 307
18. Index 327