Science in the Spanish and Portuguese Empires, 1500–1800

Daniela Bleichmar · Paula De Vos · Kristin Huffine · Kevin Sheehan

dic 2008 · Stanford University Press

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This collection of essays is the first book published in English to provide a thorough survey of the practices of science in the Spanish and Portuguese empires from 1500 to 1800. Authored by an interdisciplinary team of specialists from the United States, Latin America, and Europe, the book consists of fifteen original essays, as well as an introduction and an afterword by renowned scholars in the field. The topics discussed include navigation, exploration, cartography, natural sciences, technology, and medicine. This volume is aimed at both specialists and non-specialists, and is designed to be useful for teaching. It will be a major resource for anyone interested in colonial Latin America.

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Daniela Bleichmar is Assistant Professor of Art History and Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Southern California. Paula De Vos is Associate Professor of Latin American History at San Diego State University. Kristin Huffine is Assistant Professor of Latin American history at Northern Illinois University.Kevin Sheehan is currently writing his doctoral dissertation in history at the University of California, Berkeley.