Interlingual Communication during French Scientific Expeditions to Lappland, Peru and South Africa in the 18th Century
 In this paper, I try outline image of interlingual communication scientific expeditions by detecting analysing remarks about such instances narratives expeditions’ commanders. analyse a narrative Maupertuis on his geodesic mission Lappland (1734- 1735), two La Condamine (...

Public museums are a relatively new invention. However, the passion for collecting things, and setting them aside as treasured objects, has a long tradition. From the sixteenth century, in many European palaces and aristocratic residences, cupboards and whole rooms were set aside to house the particular collections of princes and noblemen. The earliest of these "cabinets of wonders", as they we...