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Curious Encounters: Voyaging, Collecting, and Making Knowledge in the Long Eighteenth Century

Curious Encounters: Voyaging, Collecting, and Making Knowledge in the Long Eighteenth Century - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Adriana Craciun (Editor), Mary Terrall (Editor)Series:UCLA Clark Memorial LibraryPublish date:2/13/2019Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Toronto PressISBN-13:9781487503673ISBN-10:1487503679UPC:9781487503673Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:Modern, EuropeanBook Topic:18th CenturySize:9.10 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SC180G7PBX
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 for diverse ends.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Toronto PressISBN-13:9781487503673ISBN-10:1487503679UPC:9781487503673Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:Modern, EuropeanBook Topic:18th CenturySize:9.10 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SC180G7PBX
Adriana Craciun is the Emma MacLachlan Metcalf Chair of Humanities at Boston University.
Mary Terrall is a professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press

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Adriana Craciun (Editor), Mary Terrall (Editor)

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