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Book Code: 1111016936143
S. Jeyaseela Stephen
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ABOUT THE BOOK:- This book explores the history of documenting the fauna found on the Tamil coast and classifying them properly by the Europeans. The curiosity of the unfamiliar and the fascination of the exotic had led them to engage in the studies. The volume provides why a flood of information reached the Atlantic world and how the ideas transmitted served were an important force in the creation of knowledge. The author exhibits a wonderful picture of the insects, reptiles, snakes and he links the study of natural history with medicine explaining the poisonous bites and treatment. He then charts the development of the intellectual culture and experiences into a system of knowledge making on birds, animals and fish that emerged with interest in the academic societies of Europe. The archival and museum dexterity is on full display in the book with the scholars, company servants and practitioners in Germany , England, France, Denmark and Sweden and their projects which explored the natural world reframing the natural history. The work contains refreshingly new information on early modern natural history collection and includes several arresting illustrations thereby providing an innovative framework for understanding the formation of scientific practices and knowledge in Euro- Tamil relations. It analyzes the production of knowledge and focuses on recovering the role of people with multiple centres of knowledge production and exchange.
ABOUT THE BOOK
This book explores the history of documenting the fauna found on the Tamil coast and classifying them properly by the Europeans. The curiosity of the unfamiliar and the fascination of the exotic had led them to engage in the studies. The volume provides why a flood of information reached the Atlantic world and how the ideas transmitted served were an important force in the creation of knowledge. The author exhibits a wonderful picture of the insects, reptiles, snakes and he links the study of natural history with medicine explaining the poisonous bites and treatment. He then charts the development of the intellectual culture and experiences into a system of knowledge making on birds, animals and fish that emerged with interest in the academic societies of Europe. The archival and museum dexterity is on full display in the book with the scholars, company servants and practitioners in Germany , England, France, Denmark and Sweden and their projects which explored the natural world reframing the natural history. The work contains refreshingly new information on early modern natural history collection and includes several arresting illustrations thereby providing an innovative framework for understanding the formation of scientific practices and knowledge in Euro- Tamil relations. It analyzes the production of knowledge and focuses on recovering the role of people with multiple centres of knowledge production and exchange.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
S. Jeyaseela Stephen is Directeur ,
Institut pourétudes Indo Européennes. He was Professor of
Maritime History (2001-2013) at Visva Bharati University , Santiniketan. He is
the author numerous books on
maritime history of early modern India
including 'Oceanscapes: Tamil Textiles
in the Early Modern World' (2014), 'A
Meeting of the Minds: European and
Tamil Encounters in Modern Sciences,
1507-1857' (2016), 'Pondicherry under
the French: Illuminating the Urban
Landscape' (2018), 'Towns of the Tamil
Coast and Hinterland: The Changing
Form and Function, 1506-1801' (2019),
'Goodbye to Tamil Motherland: The
Rise of Labour Migration Overseas and
the Society', 1729-1890' (2019). He
received the best book prize of the year
1999 from the Government of
Tamilnadu. His books have been
translated into Chinese and Tamil.
CONTENTS
Illustrations .................................................................................................... ... 7
Acknowledgements .......................................................................................... 13
Abbreviations .................................................................................................. 15
1. Introduction .................................................................................... 17
2. Animal Commodities and Europeans .............................................. 35
3. The Amazing Animals of Tamil Coast and Zoology, 1639-1857 ..... 57
4. Strange and Wonderful ................................................................... 97
5. Exploring the Exotic ..................................................................... 115
6. In to the Sky of Tamil Landscape ................................................. 139
7. Ophiology and Toxicology through Experience and Learning,
1701-1853 ............ 181
8. Ichthyology and Aqua-Fauna ........................................................ 205
9. Conclusion .................................................................................... 253
Appendices ................................................................................... 265
Bibliography ................................................................................. 277
Index ............................................................................................. 301
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