Curious Encounters: Voyaging, Collecting, and Making Knowledge in the Long Eighteenth Century by Adriana CraciunEnglish | PDF | 2019 | 255 Pages | ISBN : 1487503679 | 14.51 MB
With contributions from historians, literary critics, and geographers, Curious Encounters uncovers a rich history of global voyaging, collecting, and scientific exploration in the long eighteenth century. Leaving behind grand narratives of discovery, these essays collectively restore a degree of symmetry and contingency to our understanding of encounters between European and Indigenous people.