
Colonial-era explorers sent home sketches and specimens of animals and plants from around the world, fostering academic enquiry and popular interest. (Photo by JanneM on Flickr.)
Course Description
This class examines the relationship between the study of natural history, both domestic and exotic, by Europeans and Americans, and exploration and exploitation of the natural world, focusing on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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As Taught In: | Spring 2010 |
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Graduate
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