Collecting the World : : Hans Sloane and the Origins of the British Museum / / 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...
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| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t Contents -- |t List of Illustrations -- |t List of Maps -- |t Note on Conventions -- |t Introduction: The Original Sloane Ranger -- |t PART ONE. Empire of Curiosities -- |t 1. Transplantation -- |t 2. Island of Curiosities -- |t 3. Keeping the Species from Being Lost -- |t PART TWO. Assembling the World -- |t 4. Becoming Hans Sloane -- |t 5. The World Comes to Bloomsbury -- |t 6. Putting the World in Order -- |t 7. Creating the Public’s Museum -- |t Acknowledgements -- |t Notes -- |t Bibliography -- |t Index |
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