Shores of Knowledge - New World Discoveries and the Scientifi Imagination

Describes how the European explorations by sea in search of riches ultimately fueled advances in science and technology by creating a thirst for knowledge about the interesting and unique specimens of plants and animals brought back from the New World. 13,000 first printing.

Product details

• Authors: Joyce Appleby, Appleby Joyce
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.11.2014
• EAN: 9780393349795
• ISBN: 978-0-393-34979-5
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 213 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; SCIENCE / History, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, Expeditions, Expeditions: popular accounts, History of Science