Collecting the World : : Hans Sloane and the Origins of the British Museum / / James Delbourgo.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Delbourgo, James,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (544 p.) :; 42 color, 27 b/w, 3 maps.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; List of Maps --; Note on Conventions --; Introduction: The Original Sloane Ranger --; PART ONE. Empire of Curiosities --; 1. Transplantation --; 2. Island of Curiosities --; 3. Keeping the Species from Being Lost --; PART TWO. Assembling the World --; 4. Becoming Hans Sloane --; 5. The World Comes to Bloomsbury --; 6. Putting the World in Order --; 7. Creating the Public’s Museum --; Acknowledgements --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674982789; 9783110543315
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674982789?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: James Delbourgo.

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.