Motion and knowledge in the changing early modern world: orbits, routes and vessels
Éditeur :
Springer
ISBN :
9789400773820
Date de publication :
22 nov. 2013
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Nederlands
It is unique in taking its global nature as fundamental and contains studies of the theme of motion and knowledge in China, Europe and the Pacific from the 16th to the 18th century.People living around the turn of the 17th century were experiencing motion in ways beyond the grasp of anyone less than a century earlier.