The Globalization of Knowledge in the Iberian Colonial World

• Yazar: Helge Wendt (ed.) (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Edition Open Access 2016
• Seri Bilgileri: Proceedings 10: Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge
• Konular: Colonial history; Materia medica; MPRL; Edition Open Access; Global History
• Online Erişim: 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...