Science and voyages of discovery

Iliffe, Robert (2003) Science and voyages of discovery. In: Porter, Roy (ed.) Cambridge history of science, volume 4: eighteenth-century science. Cambridge University Press, pp. 618-645. ISBN 9780521572439

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Abstract

This article examines the major British, Spanish and French 'voyages of dicovery' in the eighteenth century, and looks at how these both impacted on, and were made possibly by developments in both science and instrument-making.

Item Type: Book Section
Schools and Departments: School of History, Art History and Philosophy > History
Subjects: D History General and Old World > D History (General)
Depositing User: Robert Iliffe
Date Deposited: 06 Feb 2012 21:07
Last Modified: 20 Aug 2012 13:15
URI: http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/29596
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