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

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bycroft, Michael (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Dupré, Sven (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Europe's Asian Centuries
• Θέματα: 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...