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Terra Incognita
A History of Ignorance in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Alain Corbin
Translated by Susan Pickford
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Originally published in French as Terra Incognita: Une histoire de l’ignorance. XVIIIe–XIXe siècle © Editions Albin Michel – Paris 2020
This English translation © Polity Press, 2021
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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4627-5
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Names: Corbin, Alain, author. | Pickford, Susan, translator.
Title: Terra incognita : a history of ignorance in the 18th and 19th centuries / Alain Corbin ; translated by Susan Pickford.
Other titles: Terra incognita. English
Description: Cambridge ; Medford : Polity Press, [2021] | “Originally published in French as Terra Incognita: Une histoire de l’ignorance. XVIIIe-XIXe siècle (c) Editions Albin Michel - Paris 2020.” | Includes bibliographical references and index.
