Naturalists at Sea

Scientific Travellers from Dampier to Darwin

Nonfiction, History, Modern, 18th Century, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences
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Author: Glyn Williams ISBN: 9780300182200
Publisher: Yale University Press Publication: October 22, 2013
Imprint: Yale University Press Language: English
Author: Glyn Williams
ISBN: 9780300182200
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication: October 22, 2013
Imprint: Yale University Press
Language: English
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On the great Pacific discovery expeditions of the “long eighteenth century,” naturalists for the first time were commonly found aboard ships sailing forth from European ports. Lured by intoxicating opportunities to discover exotic and perhaps lucrative flora and fauna unknown at home, these men set out eagerly to collect and catalogue, study and document an uncharted natural world.
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On the great Pacific discovery expeditions of the “long eighteenth century,” naturalists for the first time were commonly found aboard ships sailing forth from European ports. Lured by intoxicating opportunities to discover exotic and perhaps lucrative flora and fauna unknown at home, these men set out eagerly to collect and catalogue, study and document an uncharted natural world.

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