Wonder & science : imagining worlds in early modern Europe /
"During the early modern period, western Europe was transformed by the proliferation of new worlds - geographic worlds found in the voyages of discovery as well as conceptual and celestial worlds opened by natural philosophy, or science."--BOOK JACKET. "Campbell's new book analyz...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
1999.
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| Online Access: | Available via EBSCO eBook Collection |
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| Summary: | "During the early modern period, western Europe was transformed by the proliferation of new worlds - geographic worlds found in the voyages of discovery as well as conceptual and celestial worlds opened by natural philosophy, or science."--BOOK JACKET. "Campbell's new book analyzes a cross section of texts in which worlds were made and unmade; these texts include cosmographics, colonial reports, works of natural philosophy and natural history, fantastic voyages, exotic fictions, and confessions."--BOOK JACKET. "With more than thirty well-chosen illustrations, Wonder and Science enhances our understanding of the culture of early modern Europe, the history of science, and the development of literary forms, including the novel and ethnography."--Jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 366 pages) : illustrations, 1 map |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-352) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781501705069 1501705067 1501705059 9781501705052 0801436486 9780801436482 0801489180 9780801489181 |