Collecting the World

Hans Sloane and the Origins of the British Museum

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ISBN 9780674237483

Publication Date: 03/18/2019

544 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

42 color photos, 27 photos, 3 maps

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List of Illustrations
List of Maps*
Introduction: The Original Sloane Ranger
I. Empire of Curiosities
- 1. Transplantation
- 2. Island of Curiosities
- 3. Keeping the Species from Being Lost
II. Assembling The World
- 4. Becoming Hans Sloane
- 5. The World Comes to Bloomsbury
- 6. Putting the World in Order
- 7. Creating the Public’s Museum
Conclusion: The Man Who Collected the World
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index

* Maps
- 1. London in the eighteenth century
- 2. The North Atlantic, c. 1740
- 3. East India Settlements in South and East Asia, 1660–1760

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