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Merchants of Enlightenment: making knowledge move between England and Sweden, 1700–72

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What connected the correspondence networks of eighteenth-century scholars? Earlier studies of early modern scholarly exchange have provided detailed maps of correspondents, yet we know surprisingly little about the merchants and sailors who ensured the flow of things – such as letters, books, and instruments – between scholarly communities. The project ‘Merchants of Enlightenment’ examines such logistical infrastructure in Anglo-Swedish scholarly circulation of knowledge, through the case of a group of London merchants engaged in the Anglo-Swedish metal trade. In this presentation, Jacob Orrje will relate this group to the Northern-European cultures of useful knowledge in which they acted. Furthermore, Jacob will analyse how they became vital in securing the flow of information and things for regional scholarly networks not only of Linnaean naturalists but also, e.g., of philology, metallurgy, and astronomy.

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