Connecting territories exploring people and nature, 1700-1850
"The book analyses from a comparative perspective the exploration of territories, the histories of their inhabitants, and local natural environments during the long eighteenth century. The eleven chapters look at European science at home and abroad as well as at global scientific practices and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden
Brill
2022, [2022]
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| Series: | Emergence of natural history
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "The book analyses from a comparative perspective the exploration of territories, the histories of their inhabitants, and local natural environments during the long eighteenth century. The eleven chapters look at European science at home and abroad as well as at global scientific practices and the involvement of a great variety of local actors in the processes of mapping and recording. Dealing with landlocked territories with no colonies (like Switzerland) and places embedded in colonial networks, the book reveals multifarious entanglements connecting these territories"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9004412476 9789004412460 |