
New research story available: Mapping knowledge in culture and science by Mary Orr
Mapping knowledge in culture and science
Research story by Mary Orr
Mapping – cartographical, cultural, linguistic, scientific – has been central to development of European networks of knowledge and exchanges with other cultures, but saw a period of particularly important development in the early nineteenth century. Bitter military rivalries such as the Napoleonic Wars are only one side of the story.
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