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: set ISBN 9780415289313
Description
This collection will bring together a selection of works by travellers studying natural philosophy as well as natural history. The set will cover a wide geographical spread, including accounts from Australia, Asia, Africa and South America. The style of writing and subject matter are also diverse. Some offer more reflective writing, mingling scientific observation with romantic musing and high style, others have a more specific focus - such as Bates description of Mimicry in butterflies in Bali.
The first volume includes a general introduction to the collection and each succeeding volume also includes a new introduction by the editor, which places each work in its historical and intellectual context.
Table of Contents
* Thomas Baine, Exploration of South-East Africa (1789)
* John White, Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales (1790)
* Alexander von Humboldt, Aspects of Nature (1849) in 2 volumes
* Charles Darwin, Journal of Researches (1839)
* Joseph Hooker, Himalayan Journals (1854) in 2 volumes
* H.W.Bates, Naturalist on the River Amazons (1863) in 2 volumes
* A.R.Wallace, The Malay Archipelago (1869)
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v. 1 ISBN 9780415289344
Description
First published in 2003. Sir Joseph Hooker (1817-1911) was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the nineteenth century. He succeeded his father as Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and was a close friend and supporter of Charles Darwin. His journey to the Himalayas and India was undertaken between 1847 and 1851 to collect plants for Kew, and his account, published in 1854, was dedicated to Darwin. Hooker collected some 7,000 species in India and Nepal, and carried out surveys and made maps which proved of economic and military importance to the British. He makes many observations about the inhabitants of the areas he visited, making this volume a useful resource for anyone interested in nineteenth-century India.
Table of Contents
Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V, Chapter VI, Chapter VII, Chapter VIII, Chapter IX, Chapter X, Chapter XI, Chapter XII, Chapter XIII, Chapter XIV, Chapter XV, Chapter XVI, Chapter XVII
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v. 2 ISBN 9780415289351
Description
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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