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Measuring the new world : enlightenment science and South America
- Title
- Measuring the new world : enlightenment science and South America / Neil Safier.
- Author
- Safier, Neil.
- Publication
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
- Supplementary Content
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JHE 08-495 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 387 p., 20 p. of plates : ill., maps (some col.); 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Science > Europe > History > 18th century
- Mission géodésique (France)
- Amazon River Region > Discovery and exploration
- South America > Historical geography
- Ecuador > Discovery and exploration > French
- Scientific expeditions > Ecuador > Quito > History > 18th century
- Communication in science > Europe > History > 18th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-371) and index.
- Contents
- The ruined pyramids of Yaruquí -- An enlightened Amazon, with fables and a fold-out map -- Armchair explorers -- Correcting Quito -- A nation defamed and defended -- Incas in the king's garden -- The golden monkey and the monkey-worm.
- Call Number
- JHE 08-495
- ISBN
- 9780226733555 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0226733556 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008018142
- OCLC
- 176979549
- Author
- Safier, Neil.
- Title
- Measuring the new world : enlightenment science and South America / Neil Safier.
- Imprint
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-371) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JHE 08-495