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Southwest Center Ser.: Early Southwest Ornithologists
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- Buy It NowSouthwest Center Ser.: Early Southwest Ornithologists, 1528-1900 by Dan Fischer
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Subject Area
- Birds
- Subject
- Ornithologists
- ISBN
- 9780816521494
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
ISBN-10
0816521492
ISBN-13
9780816521494
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1922745
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
271 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Early Southwest Ornithologists, 1528-1900
Subject
United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology, History
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science, History
Series
Southwest Center Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
21.3 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2001-001663
Reviews
"A fascinating history of ornithological exploration." -- North American Bird Bander "An easy-to-read, comprehensive accounting of the fascinating origins and expansion of ornithological discovery in the American Southwest during the pioneering and most formative centuries . . . This marvelous book is extremely informative, giving readers a panoramic view of the tremendous extent of ornithological exploration, discovery, and research in the American Southwest. If you are an ornithologist, raptor biologist, hawk watcher, birder, or naturalist you need to read this fascinating and gripping book. You will not be disappointed! Most highly recommended." -- International Hawkwatcher, "A fascinating history of ornithological exploration." — North American Bird Bander "An easy-to-read, comprehensive accounting of the fascinating origins and expansion of ornithological discovery in the American Southwest during the pioneering and most formative centuries . . . This marvelous book is extremely informative, giving readers a panoramic view of the tremendous extent of ornithological exploration, discovery, and research in the American Southwest. If you are an ornithologist, raptor biologist, hawk watcher, birder, or naturalist you need to read this fascinating and gripping book. You will not be disappointed! Most highly recommended." — International Hawkwatcher, "A fascinating history of ornithological exploration." - North American Bird Bander "An easy-to-read, comprehensive accounting of the fascinating origins and expansion of ornithological discovery in the American Southwest during the pioneering and most formative centuries . . . This marvelous book is extremely informative, giving readers a panoramic view of the tremendous extent of ornithological exploration, discovery, and research in the American Southwest. If you are an ornithologist, raptor biologist, hawk watcher, birder, or naturalist you need to read this fascinating and gripping book. You will not be disappointed! Most highly recommended." - International Hawkwatcher
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
598/.0979
Synopsis
With its colorful landscape and wonderful diversity of plant and animal communities, the southwestern borderlands have attracted naturalists for centuries. As Col. Thomas Henry noted in 1853, there "are to be found many curious birds, peculiar to the country." This book identifies more than 100 early ornithologists and explorers who entered the Southwest from 1528 to 1900, all of whom have contributed in significant ways to our understanding of the region's avian life. Dan Fischer identifies those individuals who documented the natural history of the Southwest and summarizes their contributions to our knowledge about the region's birds--particularly through discovering and naming them. He tells why the ornithologists came to the region, what they saw, who described and named the new discoveries, and who were the first to sketch or paint new birds. Beginning with accounts of the earliest Spanish explorers such as Cabeza de Vaca and Coronado, Fischer considers all who visited the region through the end of the nineteenth century, including such renowned naturalists as William Gambel, John McCown, Adolphus Heermann, Elliott Coues, Charles Bendire, and Henry Henshaw. In between, he recalls English mining speculators, French traders, army explorers, railroad surveyors, and more--all of whom contributed to ornithological knowledge. Although focusing on ornithologists, Fischer's text reveals the wonderful variety of avian species in the region and their relationship with human history. Featuring a comprehensive bibliography, illustrations, and maps that portray the westward march of exploration, it is a major sourcebook for southwestern ornithology and an essential volume for anyone interested in birds., With its colorful landscape and wonderful diversity of plant and animal communities, the southwestern borderlands have attracted naturalists for centuries. As Col. Thomas Henry noted in 1853, there "are to be found many curious birds, peculiar to the country." This book identifies more than 100 early ornithologists and ...
LC Classification Number
QL672.73.S85F57 2001
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