Shores Of Knowledge New World Discoveries And The Scientific Imagination

Recounts the triumphs and mishaps of Columbus and other explorers, following the naturalists--both famous and obscure--whose investigations of the world's fauna and flora fueled the rise of science and technology that propelled Western Europe towards modernity.

Year

2013

Publisher

WW Norton & Co

Editions

1

Pages

308

ISBN

9780393239515

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