Measuring the New World: Enlightenment Science and South America Tapa dura - 2008

Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2012. Paperback. VG-. Bowing to front cover. Light shelf war. Inscribed by author on title page.. Green and color-illustrated wraps; green spine with black title plate, yellow and white lettering. xviii; 387 pp. 59 BW figures. Chapters included the ruined pyramids of Yaruqui, an enlightened Amazon, armchair explorers, correcting Quito, a nation defamed and defended, Incas in the King's Garden, the Golden Monkey and the Monkey-Worm, and a conclusion of cartographers, concubines, and fugitive slaves.

University of Chicago Press, 2008. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New. Prior to 1735, South America was largely terra incognita to many Europeans. But that year, the Paris Academy of Sciences sent a joint French and Spanish mission to the Spanish American province of Quito (in present-day Ecuador) to study the curvature of the Earth at the Equator - an expedition that would put South America on the map and in the minds of Europeans for centuries to come. Equipped with quadrants and telescopes, the mission's participants referred to the transfer of scientific knowledge from Europe to the Andes as a "sacred fire" passing mysteriously through European astronomical instruments to curious observers in South America.By looking at the social and material traces of this expedition, "Measuring the New World" examines the transatlantic flow of knowledge in reverse - from West to East. Through ephemeral monuments and geographical maps, from the Andes to the Amazon River, the book explores how the social and cultural worlds of South… Leer más

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2008. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 428 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.25 inches.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.