Missionary Scientists: Jesuit Science in Spanish South America, 1570-1810

Missionary Scientists: Jesuit Science in Spanish South America, 1570-1810

by Andres I . Prieto (Author)

Synopsis

Explores the scientific activities of Jesuit missionaries in colonial Spanish America, revealing a little-known aspect of religion's role in the scholarship of the early Spanish Empire. Examining the writings and individuals authors who were active in South American naturalist studies, this outlines new paths of research often neglected by current scholarship.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 15 Mar 2011

ISBN 10: 0826517447
ISBN 13: 9780826517449