TY  - BOOK
AU  - Safier,Neil
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Measuring the new world: enlightenment science and South America 
AV  - Q115 .S236 2008eb
U1  - 509/.033 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Mission g�eod�esique (France)
KW  - Scientific expeditions
KW  - Ecuador
KW  - Quito
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Science
KW  - Europe
KW  - Communication in science
KW  - Discovery and exploration
KW  - French
KW  - Amazon River Region
KW  - South America
KW  - Historical geography
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-371) and index; The ruined pyramids of Yaruqu�i -- An enlightened Amazon, with fables and a fold-out map -- Armchair explorers -- Correcting Quito -- A nation defamed and defended -- Incas in the king's garden -- The golden monkey and the monkey-worm; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10265940
ER  -