Gems in the Early Modern World Materials, Knowledge and Global Trade, 1450-1800 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bycroft, Michael (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Dupré, Sven (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Europe's Asian Centuries
• Subjects: World history.; Asia-History.; Europe-History.; Civilization-History.; History.; World History, Global and Transnational History.; Asian History.; European History.; Cultural History.; History of Science.

This edited collection is an interdisciplinary study of gems in the early modern world. It examines the relations between the art, science, and technology of gems, and it does so against the backdrop of an expanding global trade in gems. The eleven chapters are organised into three parts. The first...