Connecting Territories: Exploring People and Nature, 1700-1850

by Edited by Simona Boscani Leoni

The book analyses from a comparative perspective the exploration of territories, the histories of their inhabitants, and local natural environments during the long eighteenth century. The eleven chapters look at European science at home and abroad as well as at global scientific practices and the involvement of a great variety of local actors in the processes of mapping and recording. Dealing with landlocked territories with no colonies (like Switzerland)...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004412468
• ISBN13: 9789004412460
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 280 Pages