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Voyages of discovery : a visual celebration of ten of the greatest natural history expeditions

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  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Voyages of discovery : a visual celebration of ten of the greatest natural history expeditions
  • Primary Maker
  • Contributor/Publisher
    Allen & Unwin
  • Place
  • Date
    Circa 2008
  • Physical Description

    335 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, ports. ; 27 cm.

  • ISBN/ISSN
    978174155770
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category
  • Content
    Voyage to Jamaica: Sir Hans Sloan
    Surveying Ceylon: Paul Hermann, Johan Gideon Loten & Pieter de Bevere
    Sojourn to Surinam: Maria Sibylla Merian
    Travels in North America: William Bartram
    Pacific crossing: James Cook, Sir Joseph Banks & Sydney Parkinson
    Return to the south seas: James Cook, Johann & George Forster
    Charting Australia: Matthew Flinder & Ferdinand Bauer
    Sailing with the Beagle: Charles Darwin
    Amazonia and beyond: Alfred Russell Wallace & Henry Walter Bates
    Fathoming the Deep: The Challenger Expedition
  • Public Access Text

    Subtitle from cover. Illustrations selected from the library of the Natural History Museum, London. Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-331) and index.

  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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