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Introduction: The Original Sloane Ranger

  • James Delbourgo
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Collecting the World
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© 2018 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

© 2018 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. List of Illustrations xi
  4. List of Maps xv
  5. Note on Conventions xvii
  6. Introduction: The Original Sloane Ranger xix
  7. PART ONE. Empire of Curiosities
  8. 1. Transplantation 3
  9. 2. Island of Curiosities 37
  10. 3. Keeping the Species from Being Lost 87
  11. PART TWO. Assembling the World
  12. 4. Becoming Hans Sloane 141
  13. 5. The World Comes to Bloomsbury 202
  14. 6. Putting the World in Order 258
  15. 7. Creating the Public’s Museum 303
  16. Acknowledgements 343
  17. Notes 349
  18. Bibliography 425
  19. Index 473
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674982789-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. List of Illustrations xi
  4. List of Maps xv
  5. Note on Conventions xvii
  6. Introduction: The Original Sloane Ranger xix
  7. PART ONE. Empire of Curiosities
  8. 1. Transplantation 3
  9. 2. Island of Curiosities 37
  10. 3. Keeping the Species from Being Lost 87
  11. PART TWO. Assembling the World
  12. 4. Becoming Hans Sloane 141
  13. 5. The World Comes to Bloomsbury 202
  14. 6. Putting the World in Order 258
  15. 7. Creating the Public’s Museum 303
  16. Acknowledgements 343
  17. Notes 349
  18. Bibliography 425
  19. Index 473
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