Curious Encounters : Voyaging, Collecting, and Making Knowledge in the Long Eighteenth Century
Curious Encounters uncovers a rich history of global voyaging, collecting, and scientific exploration in the long eighteenth century. Voyagers from Greenland to the Ottoman empire crossed paths with French, British, Polynesian, and Spanish travelers across the world, trading objects and knowledge fo...
Other Authors: | Craciun, Adriana (Editor), Terrall, Mary (Editor) |
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Format: | eBook |
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University of Toronto Press
20190128
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Online Access: | Get fulltext |
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