Article ID: CBB826245579

Relaciones ocultas a fines del siglo XVIII: la Specimen Florae Americae Meridionalis (1780) del Real Jardim Botânico da Ajuda y los diseños científicos de la Real Expedición Botánica al Virreinato Peruano (2016)

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This paper shows that in the final decades of the eighteenth century, beyond the diplomatic and military conflicts between Portugal and Spain, there were important scientific connections, which have been little studied. Having as a starting point the almost unknown Specimen Florae Americae Meridionalis (1780), a four volumes botanical work produced in Real Museu da Ajuda (Lisbon), we will explore the interest aroused in the circles of scholars and amateur botanists the arrival in Lisbon of over two hundred drawings of plants from the Royal Botanical Expedition to the Viceroyalty of Peru (1777-1788). Considering the Portuguese, Spanish and English personalities who were involved in the presence of these drawings in Portugal we will recover some of the practices that made possible in this period the circulation of scientific knowledge and the advancement of botany. In this sense, this study aims to make a novel contribution to the History of Botany in Portugal and Spain, and point paths for future research.

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Authors & Contributors
Bleichmar, Daniela
Loring, Lorna M.
Studholme, Joseph
Gooding, Mel
Laurence Lippi
Williams, Charlie
Concepts
Scientific expeditions
Botany
Spain, colonies
Natural history
Scientific illustration
Visual representation; visual communication
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
Places
Spain
Colombia
South America
Peru
Portugal
North America
Institutions
Paris. Jardin Royal des Plantes
Holländischer Garten (Schönbrunn)
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