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Loading... Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination (edition 2013)by Joyce Appleby (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I barely even know where to start with this veritable train wreck of a book. I very nearly gave up on page 17, where Appleby refers to "old lithographs" in the 1490s (lithography wasn't invented until the 1790s). But I kept reading. And the howlers kept coming. The one that finally put me over edge came on page 127 ("They burned witches in Massachusetts ..."). Between the errors, misspellings, repetitions, and other infelicities, I don't think there's much here. Milk the bibliography if you can, but otherwise, stay away from this book. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)970.01History and Geography North America North America North America -1599LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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