Collecting the World : Hans Sloane and the Origins of the British Museum /
In 1759 the British Museum opened its doors to the public-the first free national museum in the world. James Delbourgo recounts the story behind its creation through the life of Hans Sloane, a controversial luminary with an insatiable ambition to pit universal knowledge against superstition and few...
Autor principal: | Delbourgo, James (Autor) |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2017]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
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