Article ID: CBB001251987

Michel Adanson au Sénégal (1749--1754): Un grand voyage naturaliste et anthropologique du Siècle des lumières (2012)

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After a necessary biographical and historical survey, the author analyzes the expedition that the naturalist Michel Adanson (1727-1806) undertook in Senegal from 1749 to 1754. A general report concerning his scientific discoveries in natural sciences is given as well as a brief overview of the issue of slavery during colonization at that time.

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Authors & Contributors
Delbourgo, James
Dew, Nicholas
Wey Gómez, Nicolás
Hayden, Christopher Ellis
Lambert, David
Murphy, Kathleen S.
Journals
British Journal for the History of Science
Business History Review
Environment and History
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Journal for Maritime Research: Britian, the Sea and Global History
Journal of Women's History
Publishers
Rutgers University
Michigan State University
Brill
Indiana University Press
MIT Press
Ohio University Press
Concepts
Slavery
Colonialism
Travel; exploration
Great Britain, colonies
Imperialism
Science and race
People
Adanson, Michel
Columbus, Christopher
MacQueen, James
Petiver, James
Sparrman, Anders
Wadström, Carl Bernhard
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
20th century
20th century, early
15th century
Places
West Africa
Senegal
Africa
Guinea
Great Britain
North America
Institutions
Great Britain. Royal Navy
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
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