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Collecting the world : Hans Sloane and the origins of the British Museum / James Delbourgo.
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9780674737334
0674737334
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Delbourgo, James, 1972 -
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Title
Collecting the world : Hans Sloane and the origins of the British Museum / James Delbourgo.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
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Description
xxxi, 504 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
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"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
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2018.159
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