Shores Of Knowledge New World Discoveries And The Scientific Imagination

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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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Publisher	WW Norton & Co, W.W. Norton & Company
Pages	308
Search language	english
ISBN_13	978-0-393-23951-5 primary

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