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Measuring the new world enlightenment science and South America
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Measuring the new world [electronic resource] : enlightenment science and South America / Neil Safier.
ISBN
0226733556 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226733555 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Physical Description
xviii, 387 p., 20 p. of plates : ill., maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
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Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 01, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-371) and index.
Contents
The ruined pyramids of Yaruquí
An enlightened Amazon, with fables and a fold-out map
Armchair explorers
Correcting Quito
A nation defamed and defended
Incas in the king's garden
The golden monkey and the monkey-worm.
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