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Appendix 2 Instruments
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Antonio Barrera-Osorio
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
- One Searching the Land for Commodities 13
- Two A Chamber of Knowledge: The Casa de la contratación and its empirical methods 29
- Three Communities of Experts: artisans and innovation in the new world 56
- Four Circuits of Information: reports from the new world 81
- Five Books of Nature: scholars, natural history, and the new world 101
- Conclusions: The politics of knowledge 128
- Appendix 1 Pilots and Cosmographers at the Casa de la Contratación 135
- Appendix 2 Instruments 140
- Appendix 3 Spanish Scientific Books 147
- Notes 151
- Bibliography 189
- Index 205
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
- One Searching the Land for Commodities 13
- Two A Chamber of Knowledge: The Casa de la contratación and its empirical methods 29
- Three Communities of Experts: artisans and innovation in the new world 56
- Four Circuits of Information: reports from the new world 81
- Five Books of Nature: scholars, natural history, and the new world 101
- Conclusions: The politics of knowledge 128
- Appendix 1 Pilots and Cosmographers at the Casa de la Contratación 135
- Appendix 2 Instruments 140
- Appendix 3 Spanish Scientific Books 147
- Notes 151
- Bibliography 189
- Index 205