Curious Encounters

Voyaging, Collecting, and Making Knowledge in the Long Eighteenth Century
Herausgeber: Craciun, Adriana; Terrall, Mary

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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

Autorenporträt

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.