Daniela Bleichmar: 1 book
Visible Empire
Botanical Expeditions and Visual Culture in the Hispanic Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
Between 1777 and 1816, botanical expeditions crisscrossed the vast Spanish empire in an ambitious project to survey the flora of much of the Americas, the Caribbean, and the Philippines. While these voyages produced written texts and compiled collections of specimens, they dedicated an overwhelming...
