title: [Transportation networks and means in the development of scientific expeditions in Argentina (1850-1910)].
abstract: The article explores the relation between the advance of transportation technology and the development of scientific expeditions between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Argentina. Expansion of the railway network on a national scale impacted the development of the earth sciences by facilitating access to distant places by scientific institutions located in Córdoba, Buenos Aires, and La Plata and also by simplifying the movement of equipment, scientific collections, and personnel. Hermann Burmeister's expedition (1857-60), expeditions by scientists from the Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba, and archeological digs in the northwestern provinces, organized by scientific institutions headquartered in Buenos Aires and La Plata, serve as examples.
authors.affiliation: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Conicet), Archivo Histórico del Museo de Ciencias Naturales/Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900-La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. mfarro@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
authors.forename: Máximo E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Farro
mesh_terms: D001106:Archaeology / Q000266:history; D001118:Argentina; D005101:Expeditions / Q000266:history*; D005844:Geology / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D011890:Railroads / Q000266:history; D012586:Science / Q000266:history; D014186:Transportation / Q000266:history*