Ramón de La Sagra, naturalista, geógrafo y cartógrafo de Cuba

• Authors: Puig-Samper Miguel Ange , Orovio Consuelo Naranjo
• Languages of publication: ES

Abstracts

EN

One of the ways to know, control and govern the colonies was sending scientific expeditions, as well as the designation of naturalists and scientists to conduct the academic institutions that were established. After the establishment of the chair of Natural History in Havana in 1822, the Spanish scientist Ramon de La Sagra was appointed as director. His stay in Cuba served to launch teaching program of agricultural botany and other subjects of Natural History, as well as to promote the diversified agriculture. For that purpose, La Sagra used the Botanical Garden established in Havana in 1817 as an educational and experimental space. His work resulted in seÞing up the Agricultural Institution which served as a center of conservation of the plants that were sent to the Peninsula. In his pursuit for knowledge La Sagra developed a vast work that included not only documentation in Natural History, but also collected data on geography and cartography of Cuba which represents a primary source for scholars.

Keywords

ES

Ramón de La Sagra; cátedra de Historia Natural en La Habana; el Jardín Botánico en La Habana; ciencias naturales; geografía y cartografía de Cuba; siglo XIX

EN

Ramón de La Sagra; chair of Natural History in Havana; the Botanical Garden in Havana; Natural History; Geography and Cartography of Cuba; XIX Century

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Dvacáté století - The Twentieth Century
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 126-145

Contributors

author

Puig-Samper Miguel Ange

• Instituto de Historia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid

author

Orovio Consuelo Naranjo

• Instituto de Historia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid