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Prospero's America: John Winthrop, Jr., Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture, 1606-1676 (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early ... History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)
Prospero's America John Winthrop Jr Alchemy and the Creation of New England Culture 16061676 - Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early ... History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
Author: Walter W. Woodward
In Prospero's America, Walter W. Woodward examines the transfer of alchemical culture to America by John Winthrop, Jr., one of English colonization's early giants. Winthrop participated in a pan-European network of natural philosophers who believed alchemy could improve the human condition and hasten Christ's Second Coming. Woodward demonstrates...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781469600871
ISBN-10: 1469600870
Publication Date: 2/1/2013
Pages: 336
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Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
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