Foreign Bodies: Travel, Empire and the Early Royal Society of London. Part 1. Englishmen on Tour.

From: Canadian Journal of History | Date: December 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

The first part of this paper examines the experience of English travellers abroad. That many members of the Royal Society had made such trips is of great significance, although this fact has received surprisingly little attention in the historical literature on the Royal Society. The travellers tended to be young men who had just finished a university degree, although even younger individuals such as Robert Boyle were usually accompanied by their tutors. The journals and letters of a number of individuals from this period, points to the significance of learning in the context of the broader ...

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