Secret Science: Spanish Cosmography and the New World

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Illustrated
2009
$91.36

Imperial expansion necessitated changes in the way scientific knowledge was gathered. This book shows how this cosmographic knowledge had considerable strategic, defensive, and monetary value that royal scientists were charged with safeguarding from foreign and internal enemies.

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Imperial expansion necessitated changes in the way scientific knowledge was gathered. This book shows how this cosmographic knowledge had considerable strategic, defensive, and monetary value that royal scientists were charged with safeguarding from foreign and internal enemies.

$91.36

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 352
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 02 Jun 2009
ISBN 10: 0226675343
ISBN 13: 9780226675343