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xx, 760 p., Ill. Der Schutzumschlag ist leicht berieben, Vorbesitzer Vermerk auf dem Vorsatz mit Bleistift, ansonsten ein sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen. / The dust jacket is slightly rubbed, previous owner's note on the endpaper in pencil, otherwise a very good and clean copy without markings. -- Contents -- ONE. INTRODUCTION -- TWO. OLD SCIENCE IN THE NEW WORLD -- Oviedo -- Monardes -- Acosta -- THREE. THE NEW SCIENCE COMES TO AMERICA -- Herbals, Gardens, and Herbaria Early English Gardens and Herbalists Continental Forerunners of the New Science in England The First English Scholars in the New Science English Scholars in the New World -- French Scholars in the New World -- FOUR. THE ADVENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON Forerunners -- Charters, Statutes, and Objectives Interest in the Colonies: "Enquiries for Foreign Parts" Statutes Governing Fellowship for Colonials -- The Role of the Royal Society in the Colonies -- FIVE. THE ROYAL SOCIETY'S EARLY PROMOTIONS: -- NEW ENGLAND -- The First Colonial Fellow: John Winthrop, Jr. -- John Josselyn, a Source outside the Society -- Increase Mather's "Philosophical Society" -- New England's Receptivity to the New Science -- SIX. THE ROYAL SOCIETY'S EARLY PROMOTIONS: VIRGINIA -- Refinements in English Natural Science -- Virginia: The Earliest Correspondents -- The First John Clayton -- John Banister -- SEVEN. THE ROYAL SOCIETY'S EARLY PROMOTIONS: -- THE WEST INDIES AND HUDSON'S BAY -- Barbados -- The Bermuda Islands -- Jamaica -- The Lesser Islands -- The Hudson's Bay Area -- EIGHT. THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND COLONIES -- A New Generation of Fellows in the Royal Society -- Maryland -- Virginia -- The Carolinas -- Georgia -- NINE. THE WEST INDIES -- New Lines of Communication -- The Bermudas The Bahama Islands Antigua Barbados -- Jamaica -- The Spanish Main -- TEN. THE NORTHERN MAINLAND COLONIES -- New England -- Cotton Mather (1663-1728), F.R.S. -- Thomas Robie (1689-1729), F.R.S. -- Zabdiel Boylston (1680-1766), F.R.S. -- Benjamin Colman (1673-1747) -- Isaac Greenwood (1702-45) -- Paul Dudley (1675-1751), F.R.S. -- Thomas More (fl. 1670-1724) -- Dr. William Douglass (c. 1691-1752) -- The Boston Scientific Community -- New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania -- ELEVEN. THE EMERGENCE OF AMERICAN SCIENCE -- Societal Growth and Urbanization -- New Sources of Promotion and Inspiration -- The Impact of Carl Linnaeus -- Scientific Communities in the Colonies -- American Scientists: James Logan (1674-1751) -- Dr. John Mitchell (1690?-1768), F.R.S. -- John Clayton (1694-1773) -- Cadwallader Colden (1688-1776) -- John Bartram (1699-1777) -- The Charles Town Scientific Community: Dr. Alexander Garden (1730-91), F.R.S. -- The Master Electrician: Benjamin Franklin (1706-90), F.R.S. -- John Winthrop (1714-79), F.R.S., and Colonial Astronomy -- The Crowning Point: The American Philosophical Society, 1768-69 -- TWELVE. SOME OBSERVATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIXES -- 1. "Directions for Sea-men, bound for far Voyages" -- II. John Winthrop, Jr.'s Major Gift to the Royal Society (1669-70) -- III. "Directions and Inquiries Concerning Virginia recom- mended to Edw. Diggs Esq. July 22. 69" -- IV. "Inquiries Recommended to Colonel [Sir Thomas] Linch going to Jamaica, London, Dec?? 16, 1670" -- V. "Queries proposed to and answered by Captaine Guil- leaume, and Mr. Baily, Concerning the voyage and Coun- try of ye bottom of East-Hudson-bay, one of ye chief places for the Beaver-trader. By H[enry] Old[enburg]. Read at ye Society Apr. 18, 16[72], and order'd to be entered." -- VI. A Check-List of the Colonial Fellows of the Royal So- ciety of London, 1661-1783 -- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE -- INDEX. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 250.
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