Naturalists at sea : scientific travellers from Dampier to Darwin /: scientific travellers from Dampier to Darwin. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Glyn Williams.
• Authors: Williams, Glyndwr
• Contents: The 'rambling voyages' of William Dampier, self-taught naturalist -- 'Ten years of preparation; ten hours of exploration' : the Alaskan tribulations of Georg Wilhelm Steller -- 'My plants, my beloved plants, have consoled me for everything' : the fortunes and misfortunes of Philibert Commerson -- 'No people ever went to sea better fitted out for the purposes of natural history' : Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander -- 'A kind of Linnaean being' : the woes of Johann Reinhold Forster -- 'Curse scientists, and all science into the bargain' : Cook, Vancouver and 'experimental gentlemen' -- 'Devilish fellows who test patience to the very limit' : naturalists with La Pérouse and d'Entrecasteaux -- 'All our efforts will be focussed on natural history' : the scientific and political voyage of Alejandro Malaspina -- 'When a botanist first enters so remote a country he finds himself in a new world' : the Australian surveys of Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders -- 'Like giving to a blind man eyes' : Charles Darwin on the Beagle.
• Publisher Details: New Haven : Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 309 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 508; Natural history -- History; Scientific expeditions -- History; Ocean travel -- History; Naturalists -- History; Travelers -- History; Naturalists -- Biography; Sciences naturelles -- Histoire; Expéditions scientifiques -- Histoire; Naturalistes -- Histoire; Voyageurs -- Histoire; Naturalistes -- Biographies; NATURE -- Essays; NATURE -- Reference; TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism; HISTORY -- Expeditions & Discoveries; Natural history; Naturalists; Ocean travel; Scientific expeditions; Travelers; Biographies; History; Biographies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780300182200; 0300182201
• Related ISBNs: 9780300180732; 030018073X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.