Collecting The Globe

Download or read book Collecting the Globe written by George H. Schwartz and published by Public History in Historical P. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A cabinet, that every mariner may possess the history of the world"--Origins -- "May resources from the ambition of its members continue to accomplish its design" -- A society of collectors -- "Gathered, with cost and pains, from every clime" -- A museum built by mariners, the public, and the global networks of nineteenth-century maritime trade -- Exhibition and display -- Visitor experiences at the East India Marine Society Museum -- "That thus their exploits, on the ocean wave, from age to age might still be handed down" -- A continuing legacy of inspiration