Secret science

The discovery of the New World raised many questions for early modern scientists. Imperial expansion necessitated changes in the way scientific knowledge was gathered. This book shows how this cosmographic knowledge had strategic, defensive and monetary values which royal scientists had to safeguard from foreign and internal enemies.

שנה

2009

שפה

English

הוצאה

University of Chicago Press

מהדורות

1

עמודים

335

ISBN

9780226675343

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata