Naturalists at sea : scientific travellers from Dampier to Darwin /: scientific travellers from Dampier to Darwin. (2013)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Naturalists at sea : scientific travellers from Dampier to Darwin /: scientific travellers from Dampier to Darwin. (2013)
- Main Title:
- Naturalists at sea : scientific travellers from Dampier to Darwin
- 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.
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- 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.
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- Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.775529
- Ingest File:
- 19_025.xml