Merchants and Marvels - Commerce, Science, and Art in Early Modern Europe (Hardcover)



These sixteen fascinating essays investigate how political, economic and material changes in the sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe also transformed the perception of nature, ideas about science, art and technology. Topics include:
* the Dutch tulip-mania of 1637
* alchemy and commercial exchange in the Holy Roman Empire
* the role of merchants in the origins of the Wunderkammer
* and Spanish sea charts and territorial claims.


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These sixteen fascinating essays investigate how political, economic and material changes in the sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe also transformed the perception of nature, ideas about science, art and technology. Topics include:
* the Dutch tulip-mania of 1637
* alchemy and commercial exchange in the Holy Roman Empire
* the role of merchants in the origins of the Wunderkammer
* and Spanish sea charts and territorial claims.

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Imprint

Routledge

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

October 2001

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

1998

Editors

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Dimensions

229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

448

ISBN-13

978-0-415-92815-1

Barcode

9780415928151

Categories

LSN

0-415-92815-X



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