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Collecting the world : Hans Sloane and the origins of the British Museum / James Delbourgo.

Collecting the world : Hans Sloane and the origins of the British Museum / James Delbourgo.
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ISBN 9780674737334
0674737334
Author Delbourgo, James, 1972 - (author.)
Title Collecting the world : Hans Sloane and the origins of the British Museum / James Delbourgo.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
©2017.
Description xxxi, 504 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
Note "First published in the United Kingdom as Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane in 2017 by Penguin Books Ltd., London"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: The original Sloane Ranger -- Part One. Empire of curiosities: Transplantation -- Island of curiosities -- Keeping the species from being lost -- Part Two. Assembling the world: Becoming Hans Sloane -- The world comes to Bloomsbury -- Putting the world in order -- Creating the public's museum.
Subjects Sloane, Hans -- Sir,1660-1753
British Museum -- History
Physicians -- England -- Biography
Cabinets of curiosities -- England -- History
Call number 2018.159
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