CHAPTER VI

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_THE FOUNDERS OF THE SLOANE MUSEUM._

_Flemish Exiles in England.—The Adventures, Mercantile and Colonial Enterprises, and Vicissitudes of the Courtens.—William Courten and his Collections.—The Life and Travels of Sir Hans Sloane.—His acquisition of Courten’s Museum.—Its Growth under the new Possessor.—History of the Sloane Museum and Library, and of their purchase by Parliament_ 247

BOOK THE SECOND.

_THE ORGANIZERS, AND EARLY AUGMENTORS._

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