HIST 3690 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Botany, Correspondence Of Charles Darwin, Natural Theology
20 Apr 2016
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Late 18th- and 19th-centuries and the sovereignty over nature. Defined by industry, imperialism, and exploration human beings have a sovereignty over nature and a crave enlightenment. Francis bacon more knowledge and familiarity of the natural world means using better resources for personal use; the new atlantis describes an idealized institutions where investigators harness the powers of natural resources for human means. Bacon: the world is a machine the relationships between the naturalist and the natural world. Motivations included expanding the growing botanical gardens. Captain james cook (1728-79): voyages had a dual purpose: exploration colonize new lands, cultivate information collect plants, animals, etc. and return them to britain. Mostly men, scholars, and people with curiosity i. e. olaus worm"s cabinet of curiosities (17th century) Sir joseph banks (1743-1820) a british naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences. Explored tahiti, and present-day australia, new zealand, and papau new guinea.
