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Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane
James Delbourgo
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Paperback. BIC Classification: HBTQ. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Hans Sloane was the greatest collector of his time, and one of the greatest of all time. His name is familiar today through the London streets and squares named after him, but the man himself, and his achievements, are almost forgotten. Born in the north of Ireland, Sloane made his fortune as a physician to London's wealthiest residents. In 1687 he travelled to Jamaica, then at the heart of Britain's commercial empire, to survey its natural history, and later organised a network of correspondents who sent him curiosities from across the world. He became one of the ... Read more
Hans Sloane was the greatest collector of his time, and one of the greatest of all time. His name is familiar today through the London streets and squares named after him, but the man himself, and his achievements, are almost forgotten. Born in the north of Ireland, Sloane made his fortune as a physician to London's wealthiest residents. In 1687 he travelled to Jamaica, then at the heart of Britain's commercial empire, to survey its natural history, and later organised a network of correspondents who sent him curiosities from across the world. He became one of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718194437
SKU
V9780718194437
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99-99
About James Delbourgo
James Delbourgo is Associate Professor in the History of Science and the Atlantic World at Rutgers. His previous books include A Most Amazing Scene of Wonders: Electricity and Enlightenment in Early America, which won the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize.
Reviews for Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane
Approachable yet authoritative ... Delbourgo has at last given us a readable and entertaining single-volume account of Sloane's life and legacy
Michael Hunter
Literary Review
In this fine and erudite book, Delbourgo recovers Sloane from the oblivion into which he has fallen
Ruth Scurr
Financial Times
Robust, thoughtful and elegantly crafted ... Not before ... Read more
Michael Hunter
Literary Review
In this fine and erudite book, Delbourgo recovers Sloane from the oblivion into which he has fallen
Ruth Scurr
Financial Times
Robust, thoughtful and elegantly crafted ... Not before ... Read more