Beyond Price: Pearls and Pearl-Fishing: Origins to the Age of Discoveries (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, 224, Band 224) - Hardcover

Donkin, R. A.

 
9780871692245: Beyond Price: Pearls and Pearl-Fishing: Origins to the Age of Discoveries (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, 224, Band 224)
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ISBN 10: 0871692244 ISBN 13: 9780871692245
Verlag: American Philosophical Society Press, 1998

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Man has been intrigued by the origin of pearls, sensitive to their beauty, and convinced of their medicinal value for at least 5 cent. A mixture of folklore and observation preceded the earliest scientific inquiries. Fishing and trade commenced in S. Asia, between India and Sri Lanka and around the Persian Gulf. In W. and Central Europe, Inner Asia and China, and N. Amer. Freshwater pearls were probably known and treasured before those of marine origin. A refined nomenclature points to a long familiarity with etymologically related words for ‘pearl’. Pearls were prominent among the luxury products of world trade and were high among the objectives of expeditions to the eastern and western Tropics. Illustrations.

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Verlag
American Philosophical Society Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1998
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0871692244
ISBN 13 
9780871692245
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1
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448
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