Scientific Aspects of European Expansion

William K. Storey, Harvard University, USA George Basalla, Roy MacLeod, Francisco de Solano, Alan Frost, Daniel A. Baugh, Daniel T. Reff, J. B. Harley, Sarah Tyacke, Helen Wallis, Louis De Vorsey, Malcolm G. Lewis, John M. de Figueiredo, Yabuuti Kiyosi, Joseph Needham, Catherine Jami, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu.

• Contents: Introduction; The spread of western science, George Basalla; On visiting the ’moving metropolis’: reflections on the architecture of imperial science, Roy MacLeod; Viajes, comisiones y expediciones cientÃ-ficas españolas a ultramar durante el siglo XVIII, Francisco de Solano; Science for political purposes: European explorations of the Pacific Ocean, 1764-1806, 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 Niza’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.1595-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 Vérendrye’s composite map, 1728-29, 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.

'European and Non-European Societies and Christianity and Missions along with the other volumes in An Expanding World should become a standard collection for any academic library. The invaluable bibliography, the variety of themes, and the historical problems will engage students of all levels, undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral, in many aspects of early modern and world history for years to come.' Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. XXX, No. 1