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Imperial expansion necessitated changes in the way scientific knowledge was gathered. This book shows how this cosmographic knowledge had considerable strategic, defensive, and monetary value that royal scientists were charged with safeguarding from foreign and internal enemies.

Secret Science Spanish Cosmography and the New

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 01/05/2009
      ISBN13: 9780226675343, 978-0226675343
      ISBN10: 0226675343

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      Book Synopsis
      Imperial expansion necessitated changes in the way scientific knowledge was gathered. This book shows how this cosmographic knowledge had considerable strategic, defensive, and monetary value that royal scientists were charged with safeguarding from foreign and internal enemies.

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