%0 Journal Article %T En los m¨¢rgenes del Imperio Espa£¿ol y de la Historia natural: F¨¦lix de Azara colector (1787-1789) %A Figueroa %A Marcelo Fabi¨¢n %J Prohistoria %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X this paper focuses the collecting practices developed by f¨¦lix de azara during his journeys as surveryor of the expedici¨®n de la am¨¦rica meridional. it identifies the collected birds and their shipping to the royal cabinet of natural history of madrid between 1787 and 1789. it hopes to explains the scientific and administrative mechanisms used by the natural history which was a tool of colonial government, on one hand, and explains an activity which was common in the viceroyalty of river plate, on the other one. %K f¨¦lix de azara %K natural history %K history of the science. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1851-95042011000100001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en