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The Alchemy of Conquest: Science, Religion, and the Secrets of the New World

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The Alchemy of Conquest: Science, Religion, and the Secrets of the New World - Bauer, Ralph, and Brickhouse, Anna (Editor), and Gruesz, Kirsten Silva (Editor)
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The book traces the intellectual and spiritual legacies of late medieval alchemists such as Roger Bacon, Arnald of Villanova, and Ramon Llull in the early modern literature of the conquest of America in texts written by authors such as Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, Jos??? de Acosta, Nicol???s Monardes, Walter Raleigh, Thomas Harriot, Francis Bacon, and Alexander von Humboldt.

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The Alchemy of Conquest: Science, Religion, and the Secrets of the New World 2019, University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville

ISBN-13: 9780813942544

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The Alchemy of Conquest: Science, Religion, and the Secrets of the New World 2019, University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville

ISBN-13: 9780813942568

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