The Royal Society and the discovery of the two Sicilies : southern routes in the Grand Tour /: southern routes in the Grand Tour. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Manuela D'Amore.
• Authors: D'Amore, Manuela
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; A Note on Editorial Policy; Contents; List of Figures; 1 Introduction; 1.1 At the Root of the Grand Tour of the South: Exceptional Travellers and Academies; 1.2 From Far-off Lands to the Bel Paese: Geographical and Cultural Spaces; 1.3 Learned Letters as Cultural Communication Tools; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Anthologies; Extracts from Philosophical Transactions; Secondary Sources; Learned Travel before the Grand Tour: The Royal Society 1665-1700; 2 The Fellows' Letters from Distant Countries: New Science, the "Other" and Imperialism. 2.1 On "Arithmeticall Navigation": New Directions, Tools and Maps for Learned Seamen2.2 Corresponding with the Fellows: Scientific Accounts and Early Travel Narratives; 2.3 Confronting the "Other": (Biased) Descriptions of Turkey, Japan and Newfoundland; 2.4 The Savages' Skills for the Benefit of England: Natural Knowledge and Imperialism; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Extracts from Philosophical Transactions; Secondary Sources; 3 News from the Mainland: Mapping Physical and Intellectual Spaces Before the Grand Tour; 3.1 From Present to Past: Science, Technology and Archaeology in France. 3.2 Letters from Expert Navigators: Dutch Ships, Maps and Accounts of Foreign Lands3.3 On the Beauties of Nature: From the Icy Peaks of Switzerland to Mediterranean Fruitful Flora; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Extracts from Philosophical Transactions; Secondary Sources; 4 On the Ancients and the Power of Nature: The Special Case of Italy; 4.1 Paving the Way for Learned Travel: Britons' Cultural Interest in Italy; 4.2 Beyond Experimental Science: In Search of the Roman Remains of the Past; 4.3 Destructive Earth: Eruptions and Earthquakes in Naples and Catania; Bibliography; Primary Sources. Extracts from Philosophical TransactionsSecondary Sources; The Grand Tour of South Italy: The Discovery of the Two Sicilies 1700-1800; 5 Southern Paths for Learned Travellers: The Discovery of Herculaneum and of the Neoclassical Mediterranean; 5.1 Communicating Archaeology: The Mystery of Herculaneum Unveiled (1739-1760); 5.2 More on Past "Curiosities": Following the Pre-classical Thread (1760-1780); Bibliography; Primary Sources; Extracts from Philosophical Transactions; Secondary Sources; Addendum; 6 Images of Sublime Sicily. 6.1 The Fellows' Path to the Extreme South: from Hamilton's Vesuvius to Etna6.2 At the Origins of the Grand Tour of Sicily: Picturesque Nature in the Fellows' Eyes; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Extracts from Philosophical Transactions; Secondary Sources; 7 From Letters to Memoirs and Travel Accounts: The Fellows as &!blank; "Cultural Mediators"; 7.1 Johann Georg Keyssler: Depicting the Sharp Contrasts in Early Modern Naples; 7.2 "Off the Old Beaten Track": Patrick Brydone's Sicily; 7.3 On the Eve of the New Century: Thomas Watkins's Travels in the "Deep South"; Bibliography; Primary Sources.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (319 pages)
• Subjects: 914.57047; History; British -- Italy -- History -- 18th century; TRAVEL -- Europe -- General; British; Travel; History -- Europe -- Great Britain; History -- Social History; History -- World; British & Irish history; Social & cultural history; General & world history; World history; History -- Europe -- Italy; European history; Italy, Southern -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Italy; Italy, Southern; Electronic books; Early works; History; History -- 18th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319552910; 3319552910
• Related ISBNs: 3319552902; 9783319552903
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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