Literature, Science and Exploration in the Romantic Era: Bodies of Knowledge

by Peter J. Kitson, Debbie Lee, Tim Fulford

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In 1768, Captain James Cook made the most important scientific voyage of the eighteenth century. He was not alone: scores of explorers like Cook, travelling in the name of science, brought new worlds and new peoples within the horizon of European knowledge for the first time. Their discoveries changed the course of science. Old scientific disciplines, such as astronomy and botany, were transformed; new ones, like craniology and comparative anatomy,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0521829194

ISBN13:9780521829199

Release Date:October 2004

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:348 Pages

Weight:1.37 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory English Literature Gothic & Romantic History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Movements & Periods

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