Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane by James Delbourgo

Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane

James Delbourgo

448 pages 2015

4 editions

nonfiction biography history science informative slow-paced
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Hans Sloane was a young doctor from Northern Ireland who made his way in London and eventually become physician to the king and much of London society. In his youth he made a defining visit to Jamaica, where he began collecting 'curiosities' of al...

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