Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: The two documents presented here come from the remnants of revolutionary confiscations collected during the Second Empire, along with other manuscripts associated with the French Ministry of the Navy at the beginning of Louis XV’s reign. The first essay is an anonymous memorandum about the uses and means of fabrication of wampum or wampum beads of porcelaine (the French name for them at the time); it was written in France circa 1726, probably at the request of the authorities. This essay inc...
Source: Gradhiva
Author: Benjamin Balloy
Institution: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4283369715