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Naturalists at Sea: Scientific Travellers from Dampier to Darwin, Williams+=
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- Condition
- PublishedOn
- 2015-10-02
- ISBN
- 9780300205404
- EAN
- 9780300205404
- Book Title
- Naturalists at Sea : Scientific Travellers from Dampier to Darwin
- Item Length
- 0.8 in
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.1 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Science, History
- Topic
- Modern / 18th Century, Environmentalists & Naturalists, Essays & Travelogues, History, Expeditions & Discoveries
- Item Width
- 0.5 in
- Item Weight
- 14.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 328 Pages
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Tales of the intrepid early naturalists who set sail on dangerous voyages of discovery in the vast, unknown Pacific 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 document an uncharted natural world. This enthralling book is the first to describe the adventures and misadventures, discoveries and dangers of this devoted and sometimes eccentric band of explorer-scholars. Their individual experiences are uniquely their own, but together their stories offer a new perspective on the extraordinary era of Pacific exploration and the achievements of an audacious generation of naturalists. Historian Glyn Williams illuminates the naturalist's lot aboard ship, where danger alternated with boredom and quarrels with the ship's commander were the norm. Nor did the naturalist's difficulties end upon returning home, where recognition for years of work often proved elusive. Peopled with wonderful characters and major figures of Enlightenment science--among them Louis Antoine de Bouganville, Joseph Banks, John Reinhold Forster, Captain Cook, and Charles Darwin--this book is a gripping account of a small group of scientific travelers whose voyages of discovery were to change perceptions of the natural world.
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Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300205406
ISBN-13
9780300205404
eBay Product ID (ePID)
217102087
Product Key Features
Book Title
Naturalists at Sea : Scientific Travellers from Dampier to Darwin
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Modern / 18th Century, Environmentalists & Naturalists, Essays & Travelogues, History, Expeditions & Discoveries
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Science, History
Number of Pages
328 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
0.8 in
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Width
0.5 in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Qh26
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"An erudite and beautifully illustrated work, Naturalists at Sea wears its learning lightly, and conveys to non-specialists an array of fascinating details about explorers and naturalists, familiar and not-so-familiar, quoting judiciously from their journals and post-voyage publications . . . every page testifies to the indomitable vitality of both explorers and naturalists."--Andrew Robinson, Nature, "An extraordinary and entertaining catalog of maritime and scientific endeavor."--Michael Fathers, The Wall Street Journal, "An erudite and beautifully illustrated work, Naturalists at Sea wears its learning lightly, and conveys to non-specialists an array of fascinating details about explorers and naturalists, familiar and not-so-familiar, quoting judiciously from their journals and post-voyage publications . . . every page testifies to the indomitable vitality of both explorers and naturalists."-Andrew Robinson, Nature, "This fascinating tale is told across time, ships, captains and crews, and the countries that sent or received these scientific travelers, naturalists who brought their skills and weaknesses to documenting the natural world during the Enlightenment and beyond. Williams. . . does all the hard work of making these lives and adventures comprehensible."-Library Journal, "This fascinating tale is told across time, ships, captains and crews, and the countries that sent or received these scientific travelers, naturalists who brought their skills and weaknesses to documenting the natural world during the Enlightenment and beyond. Williams. . . does all the hard work of making these lives and adventures comprehensible."--Library Journal, "An extraordinary and entertaining catalog of maritime and scientific endeavor."-Michael Fathers, The Wall Street Journal
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
508
Dewey Edition
23
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