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Missionary Scientists: Jesuit Science in Spanish South America, 1570-1810

Missionary Scientists: Jesuit Science in Spanish South America, 1570-1810

Prieto, Andres I.

Hardcover

Religion General Sports GeneralSouth American History

ISBN10: 0826517447
ISBN13: 9780826517449
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: Mar 28 2011
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.63
Height: 1.20 Width: 7.10 Depth: 10.10
Language: English
Missionary Scientists explores the scientific activities of Jesuit missionaries in colonial Spanish America, revealing a little-known aspect of religions role in the scholarship of the early Spanish Empire. Grounded in an examination of the writings and individuals authors who were active in South American naturalist studies, this study outlines new paths of research often neglected by current scholarship.

What becomes clear throughout Missionary Scientists is that early missionaries were adept in adapting to local practices, in order to both understand the scientific foundations of these techniques and ingratiate themselves to the native communities.

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