New World Objects of Knowledge A Cabinet of Curiosities

From the late fifteenth century to the present day, countless explorers, conquerors, and other agents of empire have laid siege to the New World, plundering and pilfering its most precious artefacts and treasures. Today, these natural and cultural products-which are key to conceptualizing a history...

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Published: London University of London Press 2021
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