Manuel Basavilbaso and the anteater. On the formation of natural history collections
This work aims to illustrate the formation of a natural history collection. It focuses, especially, the anteater which was sent by Manuel Basavilbaso, who was the head of the “real renta de correo” of Buenos Aires, with destination to the court at Madrid. The anteater’s history allows to show, on on...
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Centro de Estudios Históricos “Prof. Carlos S. A. Segreti”
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/refa/article/view/34024 |
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| Sumario: | This work aims to illustrate the formation of a natural history collection. It focuses, especially, the anteater which was sent by Manuel Basavilbaso, who was the head of the “real renta de correo” of Buenos Aires, with destination to the court at Madrid. The anteater’s history allows to show, on one hand, the multiple agents, territories and institutions involved in the collection and remission of natural objects from the colonies, and on the other hand, the articulation of academic and bureaucratic mechanisms. |
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