Adriana Craciun, Mary Terrall

Gebundenes Buch

Curious Encounters

Voyaging, Collecting, and Making Knowledge in the Long Eighteenth Century

Herausgeber: Craciun, Adriana; Terrall, Mary

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 162mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 560g
• ISBN-13: 9781487503673
• ISBN-10: 1487503679
• Artikelnr.: 52413947