The Globalization of Knowledge in the Iberian Colonial World

• मुख्य लेखक: Helge Wendt (ed.) (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Edition Open Access 2016
• श्रृंखला: Proceedings 10: Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge
• विषय: Colonial history; Materia medica; MPRL; Edition Open Access; Global History
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This volume investigates processes of knowledge formation in the Iberian colonies by attempting to understand the Spanish and Portuguese contribution to the European scientific tradition, and by tracing the origins and history of this knowledge to find out how it was gained. The studies in this volu...