Book contents
- Worlds of Natural History
- Advance praise for Worlds of Natural History
- Frontispiece
- Worlds of Natural History
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- I Early modern ventures
- II Enlightened orders
- III Publics and empires
- 17 Containers and collections
- 18 Natural history and the scientific voyage
- 19 Humboldt’s exploration at a distance
- 20 Publics and practices
- 21 Museum nature
- 22 Peopling natural history
- 23 The oils of empire
- IV Connecting and conserving
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
18 - Natural history and the scientific voyage
from III - Publics and empires
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 December 2018
Book contents
- Worlds of Natural History
- Advance praise for Worlds of Natural History
- Frontispiece
- Worlds of Natural History
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- I Early modern ventures
- II Enlightened orders
- III Publics and empires
- 17 Containers and collections
- 18 Natural history and the scientific voyage
- 19 Humboldt’s exploration at a distance
- 20 Publics and practices
- 21 Museum nature
- 22 Peopling natural history
- 23 The oils of empire
- IV Connecting and conserving
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
- Type
- Chapter
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- Worlds of Natural History , pp. 304 - 318Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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