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Collecting the world : Hans Sloane and the origins of the British Museum /

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Main Author:	Delbourgo, James, 1972- (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Sloane, Hans, > Sir, > 1660-1753. British Museum > History. Sloane, Hans, > Sir, > 1660-1753 British Museum Physicians > England > London > Biography. Cabinets of curiosities > England > London. Collectors and collecting > Great Britain > Biography. Cabinets d'amateurs > Angleterre > Londres. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical Cabinets of curiosities Collectors and collecting Physicians England > London Great Britain art collecting natural history botany scientific classification human curiosities global scientific knowledge Royal Society Atlantic slave trade Natural History of Jamaica visual knowledge Electronic books.
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