Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Science
- The Cambridge History of Science
- The Cambridge History Of Science
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- General Editors’ Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Transnational, International, and Global
- Part II National and Regional
- Europe
- Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia
- East and Southeast Asia
- United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania
- Latin America
- 38 Spanish South America
- 39 Greater Caribbean: Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies
- 40 Brazil
- 41 Latin America: A Commentary
- Index
40 - Brazil
from Latin America
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 March 2020
- The Cambridge History of Science
- The Cambridge History of Science
- The Cambridge History Of Science
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- General Editors’ Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Transnational, International, and Global
- Part II National and Regional
- Europe
- Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia
- East and Southeast Asia
- United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania
- Latin America
- 38 Spanish South America
- 39 Greater Caribbean: Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies
- 40 Brazil
- 41 Latin America: A Commentary
- Index
Summary
Brazil is a newcomer in modern scientific and technological activities. Its contemporary scientific and technological institutions were mainly established after the higher education reform of 1968. Between 1500 and 1808 Brazil was a colony in the Portuguese Empire, which did not allow the establishment of universities or research institutions in its possessions, as the Spanish had in other parts of America. Still, the region was the subject of interest and curiosity by European travelers and naturalists, who produced detailed descriptions and pictorial representations of its fauna, flora, inhabitants, and landscape.
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- The Cambridge History of Science , pp. 799 - 809Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020