A young slip of botany : botanical networks, the South Atlantic, and Britain's maritime worlds, c.1790 - 1810
Por: Mc Aleer, John.
Tipo de material: Artículo Tipo de portador: ImpresoTema(s): CIENCIA | HISTORIA NATURAL | IMPERIO BRITANICO | BOTANICA | CABO DE BUENA ESPERANZA En: Clarence - Smith, William Gervase, editor/a Journal of global history Vol. 11, no. 1 (mar. 2016), p. 24-43Resumen: This article explores the relationship between science and empire, through the prism of British botanical engagement with the South Atlantic in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It investigates the logistics of plant exchanges, as information, expertise, and specimens followed the maritime contours of the British empire. The discussion traces the nascent network-building undertaken by officials, residents, and visitors on St Helena and at the Cape of Good Hope, and the exchange of plant specimens with London and, crucially, with other places around the empire. The article suggests that such activities offer perspectives on wider patterns of interaction with an area located at the crossroads of Britain's maritime empire. In time, the region forged its own botanical networks and created alternative axes of exchange, association, and movement.Tipo de ítem | Ubicación actual | Signatura | Info Vol | Estado | Notas | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras | Reserva de ítems |
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Publicación Periódica | Biblioteca UNTREF - Sede Posgrados | H94(100)/GLO (Navegar estantería) | Vol. 11, no. 1 (mar. 2016) | Disponible | CSR | 2.009467 |
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This article explores the relationship between science and empire, through the prism of British botanical engagement with the South Atlantic in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It investigates the logistics of plant exchanges, as information, expertise, and specimens followed the maritime contours of the British empire. The discussion traces the nascent network-building undertaken by officials, residents, and visitors on St Helena and at the Cape of Good Hope, and the exchange of plant specimens with London and, crucially, with other places around the empire. The article suggests that such activities offer perspectives on wider patterns of interaction with an area located at the crossroads of Britain's maritime empire. In time, the region forged its own botanical networks and created alternative axes of exchange, association, and movement.