Shores of knowledge : new world discoveries and the scientific imagination
Appleby, Joyce Oldham2013
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An engrossing history of the voyages of exploration that ignited curiosity about nature and gave birth to modern science.
Main title:
Shores of knowledge : new world discoveries and the scientific imagination / by Joyce Appleby
Author:
Imprint:
New York W. W. Norton & Company Inc. 2013
Collation:
308 pages illustrations
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The New World Finds Its Scribes -- Discovery of the Other Half of the Globe -- Publishers Spread the Word of the New World -- Collectors, Menageries, and Naturalists -- Amateur Naturalists Yield to Experts -- The True Shape of the Earth -- Attention Turns to the Pacific -- Humboldt and Darwin in the New World
ISBN:
9780393239515 (hbk)
Dewey class:
970.01 SHO
Local class:
970.01
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
58368
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 970.01 SHO | hbkAvailable |