Science in the vanished Arcadia : knowledge of nature in the Jesuit missions of Paraguay and Rio de la Plata /
Asúa, Miguel de.
Science in the vanished Arcadia : knowledge of nature in the Jesuit missions of Paraguay and Rio de la Plata / by Miguel de Asúa. - 1 online resource (pages) - Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions, v. 11 2352-1325 ; . - Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions 11. European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2014-II, ISBN: 9789004271456. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Natural Histories -- 2 Herbals -- 3 Maps -- 4 The Heavens -- 5 Science in the Italian Exile -- 6 A Last Word -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.
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In Science in the Vanished Miguel de Asúa provides the first modern comprehensive account of Jesuit science in the missions of Paraguay and the River Plate region during the 17th and 18th centuries. Focusing on individual Jesuits and underlining the relationships of their work to the religious goals of the Society of Jesus, the book covers the disciplines of natural history, cartography, medical botany, astronomy and the topics pursued by the former missionaries in their Italian exile. Based on many so far unexplored manuscripts and a vast corpus of primary sources, the book argues the existence of a tradition of research on nature consistent with universal Jesuit science and at the same time original in its articulation of Western learning and aboriginal lore on nature.
9789004256774
10.1163/9789004256774 DOI
2014012955
Jesuits--Missions--Paraguay.
Jesuits--History--17th century.
Jesuits--History--18th century.
Religion and science.
BV2290 / .A88 2014
500.88/27153089
Science in the vanished Arcadia : knowledge of nature in the Jesuit missions of Paraguay and Rio de la Plata / by Miguel de Asúa. - 1 online resource (pages) - Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions, v. 11 2352-1325 ; . - Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions 11. European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2014-II, ISBN: 9789004271456. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Natural Histories -- 2 Herbals -- 3 Maps -- 4 The Heavens -- 5 Science in the Italian Exile -- 6 A Last Word -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
In Science in the Vanished Miguel de Asúa provides the first modern comprehensive account of Jesuit science in the missions of Paraguay and the River Plate region during the 17th and 18th centuries. Focusing on individual Jesuits and underlining the relationships of their work to the religious goals of the Society of Jesus, the book covers the disciplines of natural history, cartography, medical botany, astronomy and the topics pursued by the former missionaries in their Italian exile. Based on many so far unexplored manuscripts and a vast corpus of primary sources, the book argues the existence of a tradition of research on nature consistent with universal Jesuit science and at the same time original in its articulation of Western learning and aboriginal lore on nature.
9789004256774
10.1163/9789004256774 DOI
2014012955
Jesuits--Missions--Paraguay.
Jesuits--History--17th century.
Jesuits--History--18th century.
Religion and science.
BV2290 / .A88 2014
500.88/27153089