"In 1759 the British Museum opened its doors to the public-the first free national museum in the world. James Delbourgo's biography of Hans Sloane recounts the story behind its creation, told through the life of a figure with an insatiable ambition to pit universal knowledge aga…
"In 1759 the British Museum opened its doors to the general public--the first free national museum in the world. James Delbourgo's biography of Hans Sloane recounts the story behind its creation, told through the life of a figure with an insatiable ambition to pit universal know…
Introduction: The original Sloane Ranger -- Part One. Empire of curiosities: Transplantation -- Island of curiosities -- Keeping the species from being lost -- Part Two. Assembling the world: Becoming Hans Sloane -- The world comes to Bloomsbury -- Putting the world in order -- …
In 1759 the British Museum opened its doors to the general public--the first free national museum in the world. James Delbourgo's biography of Hans Sloane recounts the story behind its creation, told through the life of a figure with an insatiable ambition to pit universal knowl…