‘Ancient lore with modern appliances’: networks, expertise, and the making of the Open Polar Sea, 1851-1853
This article provides a transnational analysis of the campaigns for the organization of expeditions to the central Arctic region by the American explorer Elisha Kent Kane and the Prussian cartographer August Petermann between 1851 and 1853. By adopting a comparative approach, this study focuses on t...
| Published in: | The British Journal for the History of Science |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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| Online Access: | https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/a0d11ec6-e1c9-4bbd-9cca-e6642912f301 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007087421000522 https://pure.au.dk/ws/files/273675088/ancient_lore_with_modern_appliances_networks_expertise_and_the_making_of_the_open_polar_sea_18511853.pdf |