Naturalists at sea : scientific travellers from Dampier to Darwin / Glyn Williams.
Naturalists at sea : scientific travellers from Dampier to Darwin / Glyn Williams.
Naturalists at sea : scientific travellers from Dampier to Darwin / Glyn Williams.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 2015.
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H 2016/3333
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English
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Physical content
xv, 309 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2015.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
On the great Pacific discovery expeditions of the "long eighteenth century," naturalists for the first time were commonly found aboard ships sailing forth from European ports. Lured by intoxicating opportunities to discover exotic and perhaps lucrative flora and fauna unknown at home, these men set out eagerly to collect and catalogue, study and do...
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Naturalists at sea : scientific travellers from Dampier to Darwin / Glyn Williams.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2013.
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H 2016/3333
Record Identifier
74VKVqxqAXzX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVqxqAXzX
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ISBN
9780300205404
DDC
508
MMS ID
991024011115302626
