The travelers' world : Europe to the Pacific /
In a beautifully crafted narrative that transports the reader from the salons of Europe to the shores of Tahiti, Harry Liebersohn examines the transformation of global knowledge during the great age of scientific exploration. He moves beyond the traditional focus on British and French travelers to i...
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London :
Harvard University Press,
©2006, 2008.
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| Urunga tuihono: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=282475 |
Rārangi ihirangi:
- "Contents"; "Acknowledgments"; "Map: The Pacific Ocean"; "Map: Europe in 1815, after the Congress of Vienna"; "Introduction"; "1 Travelers"; "2 Patrons"; "3 Collaborators"; "4 Philosophers"; "5 Missions"; "6 Darwin, Melville, and the End of a World"; "Conclusion"; "Chronology"; "Notes"; "Selected Bibliography"; "Illustration Credits"; "Index."