Experiencing Nature: The Spanish American Empire and the Early Scientific Revolution

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experiencing nature THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Experiencing Nature the spanish american empire and the early scientific revolution antonio barrera-osorio University of Texas Press Austin Copyright © 2006 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2006 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 www.utexas.edu/utpress/about/bpermission.html ⬁ 䊊 The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39.48-1992 (r1997) (Permanence of Paper). Barrera-Osorio, Antonio Experiencing nature : the Spanish American empire and the early scientific revolution / Antonio Barrera-Osorio. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-292-70981-1 (cl. : alk. paper) 1. Science—Latin America—History—To 1830. 2. Science—Spain— History—To 1830. 3. Science—United States—History—To 1830. 4. Latin America—History—To 1830. 5. Spain—History—To 1830. 6. Spain—Colonies —America. I. Title. q127.l29b37 2006 509.8—dc22 2005011166 A mi mamá, Rocío, quien me dio todas las oportunidades del mundo; a mi papá, Antonio, quien murió hace ya muchos años pero a quien todavía echo de menos; a Rodrigo y Marta, que ya sabían que este libro sería; y a Pilar, por supuesto. For my mother, Rocío, who made it all possible; for my father, Antonio, who died many years ago and whom I still miss very much; for Rodrigo and Marta, who knew that this book was going to happen; and for Pilar, of course. THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...