wyszukanych pozycji: 4
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Visual Voyages: Images of Latin American Nature from Columbus to Darwin
ISBN: 9780300224023 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. An unprecedented visual exploration of the intertwined histories of art and science, of the old world and the new
From the voyages of Christopher Columbus to those of Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin, the depiction of the natural world played a central role in shaping how people on both sides of the Atlantic understood and imaged the region we now know as Latin America. Nature provided incentives for exploration, commodities for trade, specimens for scientific investigation, and manifestations of divine forces. It also yielded a rich trove of representations,... An unprecedented visual exploration of the intertwined histories of art and science, of the old world and the new
From the voyages ... |
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225,80 zł |
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Science in the Spanish and Portuguese Empires, 1500-1800
ISBN: 9780804753586 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This collection of essays is the first book published in English to provide a thorough survey of the practices of science in the Spanish and Portuguese empires from 1500 to 1800. Authored by an interdisciplinary team of specialists from the United States, Latin America, and Europe, the book consists of fifteen original essays, as well as an introduction and an afterword by renowned scholars in the field. The topics discussed include navigation, exploration, cartography, natural sciences, technology, and medicine. This volume is aimed at both specialists and non-specialists, and is designed to...
This collection of essays is the first book published in English to provide a thorough survey of the practices of science in the Spanish and Portugues...
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cena:
363,41 zł |
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Objects in Motion in the Early Modern World
ISBN: 9781119217343 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Objects in Motion in the Early Modern World presents a collection of 12 original essays that examine the circulation of objects across global regions and cultures from the 16th to 18th centuries.
Objects in Motion in the Early Modern World presents a collection of 12 original essays that examine the circulation of objects across globa... |
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127,51 zł |
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Collecting Across Cultures: Material Exchanges in the Early Modern Atlantic World
ISBN: 9780812222203 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In the early modern age more people traveled farther than at any earlier time in human history. Many returned home with stories of distant lands and at least some of the objects they collected during their journeys. And those who did not travel eagerly acquired wondrous materials that arrived from faraway places. Objects traveled various routes--personal, imperial, missionary, or trade--and moved not only across space but also across cultures. Histories of the early modern global culture of collecting have focused for the most part on European Wunderkammern, or "cabinets of... In the early modern age more people traveled farther than at any earlier time in human history. Many returned home with stories of distant lands an... |
cena:
171,99 zł |