Naturalists at Sea: Scientific Travellers from Dampier to Darwin

by Glyn Williams

Book Overview

Tales of the intrepid early naturalists who set sail on dangerous voyages of discovery in the vast, unknown Pacific

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030018073X
• ISBN13: 9780300180732
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"