The botanical discipline in the Enlightenment expeditions to southern South America in the second half of eighteenth century and its contributions to the Bourbon policies

This paper proposes some ideas to explain the role the botanical discipline played in Hispanic Enlightenment expeditions and exploration travels during the second half of the Eighteenth century. The participation of this discipline was related to the development of reform policies inside the Spanish...

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Autor principal: Gentinetta, Martín Alejandro
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Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia 2012
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Enlightenment Expeditions
otany – Borbonic Reforms
XVIII century
Expediciones Ilustradas
Botánica
Reformas Borbónicas
Siglo XVIII
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spelling I10-R362-article-45982016-08-16T10:54:27Z The botanical discipline in the Enlightenment expeditions to southern South America in the second half of eighteenth century and its contributions to the Bourbon policies La disciplina botánica en las expediciones ilustradas por la América Meridional austral en la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII y sus aportes a las políticas borbónicas Gentinetta, Martín Alejandro Enlightenment Expeditions otany – Borbonic Reforms XVIII century Expediciones Ilustradas Botánica Reformas Borbónicas Siglo XVIII This paper proposes some ideas to explain the role the botanical discipline played in Hispanic Enlightenment expeditions and exploration travels during the second half of the Eighteenth century. The participation of this discipline was related to the development of reform policies inside the Spanish Empire. A major objective of these policies was to improve the exploitation of Hispanic natural resources. Botany offered some tools to discover and describe plants, to categorise them and to investigate their uses. At the same time, botany increased the general knowledge of the natural world. Therefore, this paper tries to show Spanish botanists’ reflections on their discipline and how these ideas guided botanical activities during the Enlightenment expeditions to southern South America. El presente trabajo propone algunas reflexiones que muestran cómo se incorporó la disciplina botánica en las expediciones ilustradas hispánicas y los viajes de exploración de la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII. La presencia de esta disciplina estuvo relacionada con la implementación de políticas de reforma dentro del Imperio español que tenían por objetivo un mejor aprovechamiento de los recursos naturales hispanoamericanos. La botánica ofrecía instrumentos para descubrir y describir plantas, catalogarlas, averiguar sus usos e indicar la mejor manera de explotarlos; al mismo tiempo contribuía a aumentar los conocimientos sobre el mundo natural. En ese sentido, este trabajo muestra las maneras en que los botánicos españoles reflexionaron sobre los alcances y aportes de su disciplina y cómo esas propuestas se guiaron las actividades botánicas realizadas en el transcurso de las expediciones ilustradas por las regiones australes de la América meridional.  Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia 2012-10-13 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/4598 10.31049/1853.7049.v0.n3.4598 Anuario de la Escuela de Historia Virtual; No 3 (2012); 39-61 1853-7049 10.31049/1853.7049.v0.n3 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/4598/4401
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topic Enlightenment Expeditions
otany – Borbonic Reforms
XVIII century
Expediciones Ilustradas
Botánica
Reformas Borbónicas
Siglo XVIII
spellingShingle Enlightenment Expeditions
otany – Borbonic Reforms
XVIII century
Expediciones Ilustradas
Botánica
Reformas Borbónicas
Siglo XVIII
Gentinetta, Martín Alejandro
The botanical discipline in the Enlightenment expeditions to southern South America in the second half of eighteenth century and its contributions to the Bourbon policies
topic_facet Enlightenment Expeditions
otany – Borbonic Reforms
XVIII century
Expediciones Ilustradas
Botánica
Reformas Borbónicas
Siglo XVIII
author Gentinetta, Martín Alejandro
author_facet Gentinetta, Martín Alejandro
author_sort Gentinetta, Martín Alejandro
title The botanical discipline in the Enlightenment expeditions to southern South America in the second half of eighteenth century and its contributions to the Bourbon policies
title_short The botanical discipline in the Enlightenment expeditions to southern South America in the second half of eighteenth century and its contributions to the Bourbon policies
title_full The botanical discipline in the Enlightenment expeditions to southern South America in the second half of eighteenth century and its contributions to the Bourbon policies
title_fullStr The botanical discipline in the Enlightenment expeditions to southern South America in the second half of eighteenth century and its contributions to the Bourbon policies
title_full_unstemmed The botanical discipline in the Enlightenment expeditions to southern South America in the second half of eighteenth century and its contributions to the Bourbon policies
title_sort botanical discipline in the enlightenment expeditions to southern south america in the second half of eighteenth century and its contributions to the bourbon policies
description This paper proposes some ideas to explain the role the botanical discipline played in Hispanic Enlightenment expeditions and exploration travels during the second half of the Eighteenth century. The participation of this discipline was related to the development of reform policies inside the Spanish Empire. A major objective of these policies was to improve the exploitation of Hispanic natural resources. Botany offered some tools to discover and describe plants, to categorise them and to investigate their uses. At the same time, botany increased the general knowledge of the natural world. Therefore, this paper tries to show Spanish botanists’ reflections on their discipline and how these ideas guided botanical activities during the Enlightenment expeditions to southern South America.
publisher Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia
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url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/4598
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