Scientific aspects of European expansion

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Contents: Introduction The spread of western science, George Basalla On visiting the a moving metropolisa (TM): reflections on the architecture of imperial science, Roy MacLeod Viajes, comisiones y expediciones cientA-ficas espaA+-olas a ultramar durante el siglo XVIII, Francisco de Solano Science for political purposes: European explorations of the Pacific Ocean, 1764a 1806, Alan Frost Seapower and science: the motives for Pacific exploration, Daniel A. Baugh Anthropological analysis of exploration texts: cultural discourse and the ethnological import of Fray Marcos de Nizaa (TM)s journey to Cibola, Daniel T. Reff Silences and secrets: the hidden agenda of cartography in early modern Europe, J. B. Harley English charting of the River Amazon c.1595a c.1630, Sarah Tyacke The influence of Father Ricci on Far Eastern cartography, Helen Wallis Amerindian contributions to the mapping of North America: a preliminary view, Louis De Vorsey Indicators of unacknowledged assimilations from Amerindian maps on Euro-American maps of North America: some general principles arising from the study of La VA(c)rendryea (TM)s composite map, 1728a 29, Malcolm G. Lewis Ayurvedic medicine in Goa according to the European sources in the 16th and 17th centuries, John M. de Figueiredo The pre-history of modern science in Japan: the importation of western science during the Tokugawa period, Yabuuti Kiyosi Chinese astronomy and the Jesuit mission: an encounter of cultures, Joseph Needham Western mathematics in China, 17th century and 19th century, Catherine Jami Ottomans and European science, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu Index.

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