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The Travelers´ World: Europe to the Pacific
Harry Liebersohn
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Description for The Travelers´ World: Europe to the Pacific
Paperback. Examines the transformation of global knowledge during the great age of scientific exploration. This book moves beyond the traditional focus on British and French travelers to include Germans, Russians, and some Americans, as well as the Tahitian, Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islanders they encountered. Num Pages: 400 pages, 17 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 445.
In a beautifully crafted narrative that transports the reader from the salons of Europe to the shores of Tahiti, Harry Liebersohn examines the transformation of global knowledge during the great age of scientific exploration. He moves beyond the traditional focus on British and French travelers to include Germans, Russians, and some Americans, as well as the Tahitian, Hawaiian, and other Pacific islanders they encountered. Germany gets special attention because its travelers epitomized the era’s cosmopolitanism and its philosophers engaged most fully in a multicultural understanding of humanity.
Famous adventurers like Captain Cook make appearances, but it’s the observations of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674027473
SKU
V9780674027473
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99-1
About Harry Liebersohn
Harry Liebersohn is Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Reviews for The Travelers´ World: Europe to the Pacific
The Travelers' World is a terrific book. Beautifully written, elegantly organized, and persuasive, this work is an innovative contribution to the history of travel, and should appeal not only to readers of discovery and exploration but to anyone interested in cultural and global history.
Suzanne Marchand, author of Down from Olympus This encyclopedic story tells us how encounters between ... Read more
Suzanne Marchand, author of Down from Olympus This encyclopedic story tells us how encounters between ... Read more