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Author Bleichmar, Daniela, 1973- author.

Title Visible empire : botanical expeditions and visual culture in the Hispanic Enlightenment / Daniela Bleichmar.

Publication Info. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2012]
©2012
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 286 pages) : illustrations (some color), map
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary Bleichmar uses these images to trace two related histories - the little-known history of scientific expeditions in the Hispanic Enlightenment and the history of visual evidence in both science and administration in the early modern Spanish empire.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-271) and index.
Contents Introduction: natural history and visual culture in the Spanish empire -- A botanical reconquista -- Natural history and visual epistemology -- Painting as exploration -- Economic botany and the limits of the visual -- Visions of imperial nature: global white space, local color -- Conclusion: the empire as an image machine.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Botany -- Spain -- Colonies -- History.
Botany.
Spain.
Colonies.
History.
Scientific expeditions -- Spain -- Colonies -- History.
Scientific expeditions.
Botanical illustration -- Spain -- Colonies -- History.
Botanical illustration.
Natural history -- Spain -- Colonies -- History.
Natural history.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Bleichmar, Daniela, 1973- Visible empire. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012 9780226058535 (DLC) 2011008981 (OCoLC)706965700
ISBN 9780226058559 (electronic book)
0226058557 (electronic book)
9781299192195 (MyiLibrary)
129919219X (MyiLibrary)
9780226058535 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0226058530 (cloth ; alkaline paper)

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