Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Reeve Brothers, King William Street, Strand
Place
Date
1844-1860
Physical Description
6 volumes : colour illustrations, 1 colour map ; 31-33 cm
Language
English
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Edition/State/Version
1st edition
Subject Category
Provenance Details
Vol.1 (copy 9860) has 'W H Harvey, 1845' handwritten in ink on the title page.
Vol.2 (copy 9861) has 'W H Harvey, 1847' handwritten in ink on the title page.
Content
[v.1] I. Flora Antarctica. Part I. Botany of Lord Auckland's Group and Campbell's Island. 1844
[v.2] I. Flora Antarctica. Part II. Botany of Fuegia, the Falklands, Kerguelen's Land, etc. 1847
[v.3] II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part I. Flowering plants. 1853
[v.4] II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part II. Flowerless plants. 1855
[v.5] III. Flora Tasmaniae. Vol. I. Dicotyledones. 1860
[v.6] III. Flora Tasmaniae. Vol. II. Monocotyledones and acotyledones. 1860
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Discovery and exploration, British; Rare books--19th century]
Digitised and available via the Biodiversity Heritage Library, see link in this record. Vols.1 - 4 (Copies 9860-9863) rebound by Leighton's, High Street, Auckland. Vols.5-6 rebound by Business Printing Works Ltd., binders, Auckland.
Associated Notes
Subject Notes
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 - 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, succeeding his father, William Jackson Hooker, and was awarded the highest honours of British science.--Wikipedia, retrieved February 2020.
See Te Ara for a fuller biography of Joseph Hooker, link in this record.
Collection Type
Reserve Collection - Outsize
Reserve Collection - Extra Outsize
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
06 Dec 2024
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