French Botany in the Enlightenment

The Ill-fated Voyages of La Pérouse and His Rescuers

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Botany, History
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Author: R.L. Williams ISBN: 9789401701877
Publisher: Springer Netherlands Publication: June 29, 2013
Imprint: Springer Language: English
Author: R.L. Williams
ISBN: 9789401701877
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication: June 29, 2013
Imprint: Springer
Language: English

This volume completes a trilogy meant to be a commentary on the botanophilia that captured the literate public in 18th-century France. Enthusiastic public support for any governmental initiative likely to expand botanical knowledge was an expression of immense curiosity about the natural world beyond Europe. It amounted to a quest for universal knowledge that could benefit all mankind: useful knowledge that could improve the human condition in this life.

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This volume completes a trilogy meant to be a commentary on the botanophilia that captured the literate public in 18th-century France. Enthusiastic public support for any governmental initiative likely to expand botanical knowledge was an expression of immense curiosity about the natural world beyond Europe. It amounted to a quest for universal knowledge that could benefit all mankind: useful knowledge that could improve the human condition in this life.

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