Collecting the World: Hans Sloane and the Origins of the British Museum

In 1759 the British Museum opened its doors to the public-the first free national museum in the world. James Delbourgo recounts the story behind its creation through the life of Hans Sloane, a controversial luminary with an insatiable ambition to pit universal knowledge against superstition and few...

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1. Verfasser: Delbourgo, James (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2017]
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Zusammenfassung:In 1759 the British Museum opened its doors to the public-the first free national museum in the world. James Delbourgo recounts the story behind its creation through the life of Hans Sloane, a controversial luminary with an insatiable ambition to pit universal knowledge against superstition and few curbs on his passion for collecting the world
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (544 Seiten) 42 color, 27 b/w, 3 maps
ISBN:9780674982789
DOI:10.4159/9780674982789

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