Cosmographers and Pilots of the Spanish Maritime Empire.

Abstract

Contents: Introduction The cosmographies of Pedro de Medina The Quatri Partitu en Cosmographia by Alonso de Chaves: an interpretation Science by litigation: a cosmographic feud La nueva ciencia geogrA!fica The Spanish cosmographic juntas of the 16th century Cosmographers of Seville: nautical science and social experience The Sevillian lodestone: science and circumstance The teaching of pilots and the ChronographA-a o Repertorio de los Tiempos Nautical scientists and their clients in Iberia (1508a 1624): science from imperial perspective Dos huellas cientA-ficas del tratado de Tordesillas Puerto de Caballos, Honduras: an abandoned choice The silver masters: a link in the Spanish silver chain Advice to the King: the route to the Indies and the South Atlantic Argos and Polyphemus: eyes on the New World MartA-n FernA!ndez de Navarrete clears the deck: the Spanish Hydrographic Office (1809a 1824) The London years of Felipe BauzA!: Spanish hydrographer in exile, 1823a 34 Early Spanish plans for lithographic reproduction of maps: a fruitful failure Index.