Measuring the new world : enlightenment science and South America / Neil Safier.

Show other versions (1)
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Safier, Neil
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Subjects:
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 geography.
Mission géodésique (France)
Physical Description:xviii, 387 pages, 20 pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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.