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The travelers' world [[electronic resource] ] : Europe to the Pacific / / Harry Liebersohn



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Autore: Liebersohn Harry Visualizza persona
Titolo: The travelers' world [[electronic resource] ] : Europe to the Pacific / / Harry Liebersohn Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 380 p. ) : ill., maps
Disciplina: 919.504
Soggetto topico: Travelers - Europe
Cosmopolitanism - Europe
Europeans - Travel - History
Travelers' writings, European - History and criticism
Soggetto geografico: Oceania Description and travel
Europe Intellectual life 18th century
Europe Intellectual life 19th century
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Originally published: 2006.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-368) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- 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
Sommario/riassunto: An unforgettable voyage filled with delightful characters, dramatic encounters, and rich cultural details, The Travelers' World heralds a moment of intellectual preparation for the modern global era. Harry Liebersohn examines the transformation of global knowledge during the great age of scientific exploration. We now travel effortlessly to distant places, but the questions about perception, truth, and knowledge that these intercontinental mediators faced still resonate.
Titolo autorizzato: The travelers' world  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-674-04023-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910455110003321
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