Shores of knowledge : New World discoveries and the scientific imagination / Joyce Appleby.
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.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2013]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Norlin Library - Stacks
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E101 .A66 2013
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| E101 .A66 2013 | Available Place a Hold |