La medición de un imperio: reconstrucción de los instrumentos utilizados en el proyecto de López de Velasco para la determinación de la longitud

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With a clear objective: the reconstruction of invented instruments to measure longitudes in the sixteenth century, the reader will find an overview of the state of consmography during the second half of the sixteenth century. At a time when the accuracy of the maps had great repercussions in the territorial disputes between the kingdoms of Spain and Portugal, one of the methods used to obtain accurate representations of America using the observation of the moon eclipses is analyzed.

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