Measuring the new world [electronic resource] : enlightenment science and South America / Neil Safier.
By: Safier, Neil.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008Description: xviii, 387 p., 20 p. of plates : ill., maps (some col.).Subject(s): Mission g�eod�esique (France) | Scientific expeditions -- Ecuador -- Quito -- History -- 18th century | Science -- Europe -- History -- 18th century | Communication in science -- Europe -- History -- 18th century | Ecuador -- Discovery and exploration -- French | Amazon River Region -- Discovery and exploration | South America -- Historical geographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 509/.033 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-371) and index.
The ruined pyramids of Yaruqu�i -- 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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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