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Connecting territories : exploring people and nature, 1700-1850 / Edited by Simona Boscani Leoni, Sarah Baumgartner, Meike Knittel.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Emergence of natural history ; 5Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004412477
  • 9004412476
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Connecting territoriesLOC classification:
  • G1025
Online resources: Summary: "The book analyses from a comparative perspective the exploration of territories, the histories of their inhabitants, and local natural environments during the long eighteenth century. The eleven chapters look at European science at home and abroad as well as at global scientific practices and the involvement of a great variety of local actors in the processes of mapping and recording. Dealing with landlocked territories with no colonies (like Switzerland) and places embedded in colonial networks, the book reveals multifarious entanglements connecting these territories"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The book analyses from a comparative perspective the exploration of territories, the histories of their inhabitants, and local natural environments during the long eighteenth century. The eleven chapters look at European science at home and abroad as well as at global scientific practices and the involvement of a great variety of local actors in the processes of mapping and recording. Dealing with landlocked territories with no colonies (like Switzerland) and places embedded in colonial networks, the book reveals multifarious entanglements connecting these territories"-- Provided by publisher.

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