La exploración científica de la América hispana en la Ilustración

[EN] This article summarizes what was the movement of scientifi c exploration towards Spanish America throughout the 18th century, distinguishing between those expeditions of nature strictly scientist that had purposes combined with setting limits with Portugal and strategic areas of interest: the W...

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Autor: Puig-Samper Mulero, Miguel Ángel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/271785
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/271785
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Scientific expeditions
Exploration
America
Illustration
Expediciones científicas
Exploración
Ilustración
América
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Sumario:[EN] This article summarizes what was the movement of scientifi c exploration towards Spanish America throughout the 18th century, distinguishing between those expeditions of nature strictly scientist that had purposes combined with setting limits with Portugal and strategic areas of interest: the West Indies, the Strait of Magellan and the American Northwest Coast. Also studied the expeditions of botanical, commercial and health, including the Philippine world, until you reach the large expedition of Malaspina.