Bright paradise : victorian scientific travellers
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Bright paradise : victorian scientific travellers
Princeton University Press, 1997
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"First published in Great Britain in 1996 by Chatto & Windus Limited"--T.p.verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-263) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Whether looking for the sources of the Nile, the Niger, or the Amazon, penetrating the Australian outback, or searching for the Northwest Passage, the Victorians were intrepid explorers, zealously expanding the limits of science and human knowledge. In Bright Paradise, Peter Raby describes brave voyages and gives us vivid and unforgettable portraits of the larger-than-life personalities of Charles Darwin, Alfred Wallace, and Henry Bates, glorious examples of Victorian energy and confidence. He also explores wider issues such as the growth of knowledge and the spread of the empire. Witty, provocative, and exciting in the breadth of its research, this book charts an important period of scientific advance and transforms it into a compelling narrative.
Table of Contents
Preface and AcknowledgementsIntroduction: To the World's Beginning1Ch. 1The Scientists of the Survey17Ch. 2The Heart of Africa42Ch. 3The Naturalists in the Amazons75Ch. 4From the Amazon to the Andes98Ch. 5The Plant-hunters124Ch. 6Wallace and the King Bird of Paradise148Ch. 7The Savage Ape178Ch. 8Natural Perspectives196Ch. 9A New Mythology215Ch. 10Through the Looking-Glass248Bibliographical Notes258Index265
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