The Resource Shores of knowledge : New World discoveries and the scientific imagination, Joyce Appleby
Shores of knowledge : New World discoveries and the scientific imagination, Joyce Appleby
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The item Shores of knowledge : New World discoveries and the scientific imagination, Joyce Appleby represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.
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- Summary
- Recounts the triumphs and mishaps of Columbus and other explorers, following the naturalists--both famous and obscure--whose investigations of the world's fauna and flora fueled the rise of science and technology that propelled Western Europe towards modernity
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 308 pages
- Contents
-
- New World finds its scribes
- Discovery of the other half of the globe
- Publishers spread the word of the New World
- Collectors, menageries, and naturalists
- Amateur naturalists yield to experts
- True shape of the Earth
- Attention turns to the Pacific
- Humboldt and Darwin in the New World
- Isbn
- 9780393239515
- Label
- Shores of knowledge : New World discoveries and the scientific imagination
- Title
- Shores of knowledge
- Title remainder
- New World discoveries and the scientific imagination
- Statement of responsibility
- Joyce Appleby
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Recounts the triumphs and mishaps of Columbus and other explorers, following the naturalists--both famous and obscure--whose investigations of the world's fauna and flora fueled the rise of science and technology that propelled Western Europe towards modernity
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1929-2016
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Appleby, Joyce
- Dewey number
- 970.01
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E101
- LC item number
- .A66 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Discoveries in geography
- Discoveries in science
- Natural history
- America
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Shores of knowledge : New World discoveries and the scientific imagination, Joyce Appleby
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-281) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- New World finds its scribes
- Discovery of the other half of the globe
- Publishers spread the word of the New World
- Collectors, menageries, and naturalists
- Amateur naturalists yield to experts
- True shape of the Earth
- Attention turns to the Pacific
- Humboldt and Darwin in the New World
- Control code
- ocn829738441
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 308 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393239515
- Lccn
- 2013017212
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Note
- 970.01 AP52 ; XX-N ; LAP ; C1311B12.
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 829738441
- (Sirsi) 829738441
- (OCoLC)829738441
- Label
- Shores of knowledge : New World discoveries and the scientific imagination, Joyce Appleby
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-281) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- New World finds its scribes
- Discovery of the other half of the globe
- Publishers spread the word of the New World
- Collectors, menageries, and naturalists
- Amateur naturalists yield to experts
- True shape of the Earth
- Attention turns to the Pacific
- Humboldt and Darwin in the New World
- Control code
- ocn829738441
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 308 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393239515
- Lccn
- 2013017212
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Note
- 970.01 AP52 ; XX-N ; LAP ; C1311B12.
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 829738441
- (Sirsi) 829738441
- (OCoLC)829738441
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