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Hardcover Francisco Jose de Caldas: A Scientist at Work in Nueva Granada Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 84, Part 5) Book

ISBN: 0871698455

ISBN13: 9780871698452

Francisco Jose de Caldas: A Scientist at Work in Nueva Granada Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 84, Part 5)

A study of Francisco Jose de Caldas y Tenorio, who was born in 1768 in the Spanish colony Nueva Reino de Granada. In the first half of the 18th century France sent an expedition to the equator to learn the true figure of the Earth. However, Spain maintained strict control over the colonies' access to books and other Europeans' access to the colonies. Caldas, with a fervent interest in science and lacking the educational resources and personal contacts...

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