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Greek medical theorist, who left a long legacy of ideas.
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Renaissance Poet
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Mont Ventoux (a barren, almost lunar-like peak in the center of France)
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He was intrigued by man's relationship to the sea. His paintings showed workers busily employed on a sandy beach. He also painted the shore from various angles by being on a ship. He made a self portait while being at the beach.
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They became popular and other painters throughout Europe, including England started to follow their concept of paintings of the ocean/sea scenery.
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- Used clues found in the Old Testament, to determine the age of the Earth.
- He concluded that it was created at 9 am, on Monday, October 26, 4004 BCE.
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1st flourished
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- Went over the Simplon Pass (a route that tourists used to go to Italy)
- Burnet was captivated by the landscape.
- Through his travel, he started an intellectual revolution.
- He made an effort to change the Christian doctrine about the Earth with his observation. He came up with "Mundane egg"
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book: [Sacred Theory of the Earth]
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book
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- Travelled through Scotland and went to see the Bullers of Buchan of Aberdeen.
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- published a series of paper & books: outlining the cycle of "freeze & thaw", the rushing of rivers & crashing of seas, exploration of volcanoes & the shaking of earthquakes had all played a role the Earth's evolution.
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- An important thinker and British politician of the 2nd half of the 18th century.
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"A Shropshire landowner, dug out a 2-mile long lake, focused attention on a "300-foot high white sandstone outcrop," and constructed an elaborate grotto along with caves..." (p.39 in A History of Modern Tourism)
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Europeans on their Grand Tours began climbing higher in the mountains to see the glaciers.
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Dr. Johnson's travelling companion & biographer
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- Wrote a multivolume essay entitle "Histoire Naturelle"
- "Histoire Naturelle" - it laid out a story that divided the global history into 7 eras spanning 75,000 years.
- "Histoire Naturelle" - sparked considerable debate and lead to more publications.
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only town in UK with a population of 50, 000
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1st essay of Edmund Burke
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This paper was written by Edmund Burke
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major English Romantic poet
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He attempted to capture the environment orchestrally. e.g. His 6th symphony the "Pastoral", evoke nature in music.
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- Dorothy Mae Ann Wordsworth was an English author, poet and diarist.
- She was the sister of the Romantic poet William Wordsworth.
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- One of the leading romanticists.
- Was a literary "rock star"
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- a romantic poet
- addicted to opium
- addicted to mountain climbing
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Painted "The Wanderer Above the Sea Fog"
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Western Europe's highest mountain was 1st climbed.
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Essay written by Edmund Burke
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- Built upon James Hutton's work
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- Hiking trip through England's Lake District
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- Sca Fell, the highest mountain in UK
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge was addicted to the sublime.
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- The trip to Scotland was with William and Dorothy Wordsworth.
- It was cut short due to Samuel's withdrawal symptoms.
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- Greatest scientist of the 19th century
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Travelled to Scotland and he composed the "Scottish Symphony" & "Hebrides Overtures", which both reflect on the sublime character of the Scottish Highlands & Islands.
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journalist
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He was concerned with the living conditions of the workers.
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He was concerned with the living conditions of the workers.
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- 3 volume text written by Charles Lyell
- made a case for an evolutionary history of geology
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- Travelled on the HMS Beagle
- He climbed mountains and discovered fossilized seashells
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Written by Charles Darwin and it was hit among the readers.
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29 cities with a population of 50,000
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Albert Smith reached the top of Mont Blanc along with 3 Oxford students and 16 guides.
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London - comprised of respectable men, lawyers, businessmen, teachers, civil servants, and churchmen.
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written by Charles Darwin
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This took place throughout Europe and these clubs similar to the 1st climbing club.
