Science in Latin America : a history / edited by Juan José Saldaña ; translated by Bernabé Madrigal.

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- INTRODUCTION: The Latin American Scientific Theater (Juan José Saldaña) -- CHAPTER 1: Natural History and Herbal Medicine in Sixteenth-century America (Xavier Lozoya) -- CHAPTER 2: Science and Public Happiness during the Latin American Enlightenment (Juan José Saldaña) -- CHAPTER 3: Modern Scientific Thought in Santa Fe, Quito, and Caracas, 1736-1803 (Luis Carlos Arboleda and Diana Soto Arango) -- CHAPTER 4: Scientific Traditions and Enlightenment Expeditions in Eighteenth-century Hispanic America (Antonio Lafuente and Leoncio López-Ocón)…”
Full text (Wentworth users only)