| #537848 in Books | University of Chicago Press | 2012-10-08 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 10.00 x1.10 x8.50l,3.04 | File type: PDF | 288 pages | ||6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| Stunning illustrations and amazing history of expeditions|By Andrea Hricko|An amazing present for anyone on your Holiday list who loves art history, history, gardening, collecting of botanical prints, and historical expeditions! I ordered this book after reading a review of it in Science magazine [...] That venerable journal said that the volume is a "lavishly illustrated
Between 1777 and 1816, botanical expeditions crisscrossed the vast Spanish empire in an ambitious project to survey the flora of much of the Americas, the Caribbean, and the Philippines. While these voyages produced written texts and compiled collections of specimens, they dedicated an overwhelming proportion of their resources and energy to the creation of visual materials. European and American naturalists and artists collaborated to manufacture a staggering total o...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Visible Empire: Botanical Expeditions and Visual Culture in the Hispanic Enlightenment | Daniela Bleichmar. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
