Abstract

VEGA Y ORTEGA, Rodrigo. Baron Otto von Brackel-Welda and his Ornithological Projects, 1875-1876. Relac. Estud. hist. soc. [online]. 2016, vol.37, n.148bis, pp.29-56. ISSN 2448-7554.

The social history of science offers a means of understanding the role played by amateur scientists in scientific activities performed in Mexico City during the final third of the 19th century. A case in point involves the German, Otto von Brackel-Welda, one of many foreigners residing in the capital who became inserted into networks of scientific inquiry in Mexico when, in 1875-1876, he proposed two ornithological projects based on the utilitarian conception of scientific knowledge of Mexican fauna.

Keywords : ornithology; science; the press; collecting; commerce.

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