Measuring the new world [electronic resource] : enlightenment science and South America / Neil Safier.
Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.Description: xviii, 387 p., 20 p. of plates : ill., maps (some col.)ISBN:- 0226733556 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780226733555 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Mission g�eod�esique (France)
- Communication in science -- Europe -- History -- 18th century
- Science -- Europe -- History -- 18th century
- Scientific expeditions -- Ecuador -- Quito -- History -- 18th century
- Amazon River Region -- Discovery and exploration
- Ecuador -- Discovery and exploration -- French
- South America -- Historical geography
- 509/.033 22
- Q115 .S236 2008eb
eBooks
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.