The Spanish American Empire and the Early Scientific Revolution
by
Antonio Barrera-Osorio
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
As Spain colonized the Americas during the sixteenth century, Spanish soldiers, bureaucrats, merchants, adventurers, physicians, ship pilots, and friars explored the natural world, gathered data, drew maps, and sent home specimens of America's vast resources of animals, plants, and minerals. This amassing...