Inscribing mining practice and theory: conceptions of knowledge production and the Iberian state in Capoche’s and Hinestrosa’s relaciones

This contribution uses two narratives composed by practicing miners in Spain’s Viceroyalty of Peru to explore period conceptions of the Iberian state’s interest in metallurgical knowledge. Luis Capoche’s 1585 Relación general … de Potosí (“General Relation of Potosí”) and Juan Francisco de Hinestro...

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Main Author: Renée Raphael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Museo Galileo 2023-04-01
Series:Galilæana
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Online Access:https://gal-studies.museogalileo.it/index.php/galilaeana/article/view/3
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