Exploration, religion and empire in the sixteenth-century Ibero-Atlantic World. A new perspective on the history of modern science. By Mauricio Nieto Olarte. Trans. Jimmy Weiskopf. (Maritime Humanities, 1400–1800. Cultures at Sea.) Pp. 329 incl. 70 ills. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2022. €119. 978 94 6372 531 6

2023/04/01 by Antonio Barrera-Osorio · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #History of Science and Medicine #Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies #Colonialism, slavery, and trade

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Exploration, religion and empire in the sixteenth-century Ibero-Atlantic World. A new perspective on the history of modern science. By Mauricio Nieto Olarte. Trans. Jimmy Weiskopf. (Maritime Humanities, 1400–1800. Cultures at Sea.) Pp. 329 incl. 70 ills. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2022. €119. 978 94 6372 531 6 - Volume 74 Issue 2

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• 🙏Antonio Barrera-Osorio for this good review in J. Eccles. Hist. 'Nieto's book helps us understand the Iberian empires as entangled political, commercial & scientific endeavours & to situate sixteent [bsky, 5 points, 0 comments]

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