Early Southwest Ornithologists, 1528--1900

by Dan Fischer

With its colorful landscape and wonderful diversity of plant and animal communities, the southwestern borderlands have attracted naturalists for centuries. As Col. Thomas Henry noted in 1853, there "are to be found many curious birds, peculiar to the country." This book identifies more than 100 early ornithologists and explorers who entered the Southwest from 1528 to 1900, all of whom have contributed in significant ways to our understanding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816521492
• ISBN13: 9780816521494
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"