“…Throughout history, generally, and in the history of science and technology, in particular, journeys have played a leading role in the construction of knowledge. The close connection between traveling, experimenting, and gaining knowledge, which is so nicely suggested in works on scientific expeditions (Pimentel, 2003;Bleichmar, 2012) or those reflecting on journeys for training and extended studies (Santesmases, 2007;López-Ocón, Guijarro, Pedrazuela, 2018;Velasco Morgado, 2019), have been a great inspiration in this work. And others have as well, such as works arguing that not all knowledge travels well in texts and that experimental practice is also necessary (Daston, 2000;Bud, 2007) and those that have shown the role that scientific artifacts have also played in political and diplomatic negotiations (Romero de Pablos, 2019a).…”