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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"history of natural history"”.
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Managing Nature in the Age of Enlightenment: The Practice of Natural History in Britain, 1760-1820
… manuscripts and specimens dominated the practice of natural history during the late eighteenth century. This dissertation explores the complex connections between these materials and shows how they were used to apply systematic structure to nature on a global scale. Central to shaping a variety of …
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Georg Joseph Kamel (1661-1706): A Jesuit Pharmacist at the Frontiers of Colonial Empires
… came to shape global knowledge in the age of colonialism. I explore these issues through the lens of the career of the Jesuit pharmacist Georg Joseph Kamel (1661–1706) and the communications of medical and natural knowledge between the early modern Philippines and Europe. Sent as a …