Benjamin Breen - The Age of Intoxication

It is with a sense of profound gratitude that I write to thank the people who have made this book possible.

Jorge Caizares-Esguerras tremendous work ethic, determination, and creativity remains an inspiration. I have also been lucky to benefit from the mentorship of Julie Hardwick and James Sidbury. Christopher Heaney and Cameron Strang read the complete manuscript and provided comments on nearly every page, and Felipe Cruz provided a wellspring of ideas, conversation, and friendship.

Numerous friends and colleagues have generously offered feedback on earlier drafts or provided help with research: Allison Bigelow, Matthew Crawford, Harold Cook, David Courtwright, Paula Findlen, Carl Erik Fisher, Pablo Gmez, Paul Gootenberg, Joel Klein, Elaine Leong, Barbara Mundy, Abena Dove Osseo-Asare, Christopher Parsons, Neil Safier, Pamela Smith, James Sweet, Timothy Walker, and Phil Withington. I also thank friends in Austin and beyond who have served as valued sounding boards over the years: Daniel Gackle, Hadi Hossainy, Brian Jones, Katherine Noble, and John Travis Lindner.

In 2015 and 2016, Columbia Universitys Society of Fellows in the Humanities was an ideal home for writing much of this manuscript. Thank you to my fellow fellows for providing such a supportive and friendly environment: Maggie Cao, Will Derringer, Christopher Florio, Mara Gonzlez Pends, Brian Goldstone, David Gutkin, Heidi Hausse, Arden Hegele, Murad Idris, Nori Jacoby, Whitney Laemmli, Max Mishler, Dan-el Padilla Peralta, Carmel Raz, Rebecca Woods, and Grant Wythoff. Christopher Brown was helpful at every stage of my time at Columbia. Above all, I want to thank Eileen Gillooly for her tireless work in making the Heyman Center what it is.

Researching and writing this book involved extensive travel, and I have accrued many debts in the process. In Philadelphia, I owe thanks to Mairin Odle, Claire Gherini, Matt Goldmark, Ashley Cohen, Sean Trainor, Mitch Fraas, and the staff and community of the McNeil Center, especially to the inimitable Daniel Richter. At the John Carter Brown Library, I thank Margot Nishimura, Ken Ward, and my fellow Fiering House residents Ben Reed, Celine Carayon, Julia Gaffield, and Sophie Brockmann. At the Huntington, I greatly enjoyed peaceful walks around the gardens in the company of Matt Sargent, Ran Segev, and Claudia Tobin. And in London, I owe a special debt to Patrick, Adam, Bn, Waddah, Asya, Juan, Seda, Cosette, and all the other residents of Bishops House for inviting me into their home and making me feel welcome.

In Lisbon, thanks are due to Daniela Mak, Stephanie Almeida, and Jason Keith Fernandes. The Luso-American Development Foundation and the Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo provided financial support and an office space early on in my time in Lisbon that helped me get settled. Thanks as well to the staff of the Portuguese Fulbright Commission; to the librarians and archivists of the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, the Torre do Tombo, and the Arquivo Histrico Ultramarino; and to Liam Brockey for an extremely well-timed tutorial in paleography. It was also in Lisbon that I met Timothy Walker, whose intellectual generosity and friendship came at just the right time.

The archival research for this book was made possible through the generosity of the J. B. Harley Fellowship in the History of Cartography; the Luso-American Development Foundation; the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy at the University of WisconsinMadison; the Fulbright Commission; the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine; the New York Academy of Medicine; the John Carter Brown Library; the Huntington Library; the McNeil Center at the University of Pennsylvania; the Fellows of Lincoln College, University of Oxford; and the Mellon Foundation. Thanks also go to the staff of the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, the Beinecke Library at Yale University, and the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University in Providence, as well as to audiences who provided valuable feedback at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Texas at Austin, the John Carter Brown Library, Columbia University, the New York City Latin American History Workshop, the New York University Atlantic Workshop, the Omohundro Institute at Yale University, and the University of California, Santa Cruz. To these institutions and to their staff who work to make historical research possible in a difficult period for the humanities, I express my sincere gratitude.

At the University of Pennsylvania Press, Bob Lockhart has been incredibly supportive and helpful over the past two years. I also wish to thank series editor Peter Mancall and Penns anonymous reviewers for their helpful and constructive comments on this manuscript.

UC Santa Cruz has been the ideal place to finish the work on this book. I am especially grateful to my neighbors in faculty housing for their warm welcome: Muriam Davis, Anna Friz, Amy Ginther, Alma Heckman, and Thomas Serres. Thanks also to my colleagues Alan Christy, Jennifer Derr, Kate Jones, Marc Matera, Matt OHara, Gregory OMalley, and Elaine Sullivan. I also want to acknowledge the contributions of Adriane Ackerman, Andrew Bailey, Sophia Gold, Charley Lanyon, Dustin Neuman, and Samuel Rosen.

I want to end by thanking the Breen and Pakzad families. In Iran, I was shown a level of hospitality that truly moved me, especially from my mother-in-law Eshrat, my sister-in-law Roja, and her husband Ehsan. My mother Gloria, my father John, my sister Heather, and my brother Nathan have taught me an important lesson in love and determination. I dedicate this book to my parents and brother in recognition of the profound sacrifices they have made and continue to make.

Finally, I want to thank Roya Pakzad. Your enthusiasm for life, your idealism, and your unique perspective inspire me every day, and your love and support has meant more than you know. The past four years have been the happiest of my life. To many more.

Academia das Cincias de Lisboa

Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu (ARSI), Rome

Arquivo Histrico Ultramarino (AHU), Lisbon

Conselho Ultramarino: Angola, Bahia, Par, and Maranho

Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo (ANTT), Lisbon

Inquisitions of Lisbon and Coimbra

Livro dos Feitos Findos (LFF)

Manuscritos do Brasil (MSBR)

Manuscritos da Livraria (MSLIV)

Registo Geral das Mercs (RGM)

Biblioteca da Ajuda, Lisbon

Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (BNP), Lisbon, Manuscritos Reservados

British Library (BL), London

Sloane Manuscripts

Additional Manuscripts

New York Academy of Medicine

Royal Society Archives (RSA), London

University of Pennsylvania Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Wellcome Library, London

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