Naturalists at Sea: Scientific Travellers from Dampier to Darwin
Autor Glyn Williamsen Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 sep 2013
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 and catalogue, study and document an uncharted natural world.
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.
This
enthralling
book
is
the
first
to
describe
the
adventures
and
misadventures,
discoveries
and
dangers
of
this
devoted
and
sometimes
eccentric
band
of
explorer-scholars.
Their
individual
experiences
are
uniquely
their
own,
but
together
their
stories
offer
a
new
perspective
on
the
extraordinary
era
of
Pacific
exploration
and
the
achievements
of
an
audacious
generation
of
naturalists.
Historian
Glyn
Williams
illuminates
the
naturalist’s
lot
aboard
ship,
where
danger
alternated
with
boredom
and
quarrels
with
the
ship’s
commander
were
the
norm.
Nor
did
the
naturalist’s
difficulties
end
upon
returning
home,
where
recognition
for
years
of
work
often
proved
elusive.
Peopled
with
wonderful
characters
and
major
figures
of
Enlightenment
science—among
them
Louis
Antoine
de
Bouganville,
Joseph
Banks,
John
Reinhold
Forster,
Captain
Cook,
and
Charles
Darwin—this
book
is
a
gripping
account
of
a
small
group
of
scientific
travelers
whose
voyages
of
discovery
were
to
change
perceptions
of
the
natural
world.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780300180732
ISBN-10: 030018073X
Pagini: 328
Ilustrații: 39 col. illus.
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.75 kg
Editura: Yale University Press
Colecția Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 030018073X
Pagini: 328
Ilustrații: 39 col. illus.
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.75 kg
Editura: Yale University Press
Colecția Yale University Press
Notă biografică
Glyn
Williamsis
emeritus
professor
of
history,
University
of
London.
He
is
the
author
of
more
than
a
dozen
books
on
European
voyages
of
exploration.
Recenzii
“An
extraordinary
and
entertaining
catalog
of
maritime
and
scientific
endeavor.”—Michael
Fathers,The
Wall
Street
Journal
“An
erudite
and
beautifully
illustrated
work,Naturalists
at
Seawears
its
learning
lightly,
and
conveys
to
non-specialists
an
array
of
fascinating
details
about
explorers
and
naturalists,
familiar
and
not-so-familiar,
quoting
judiciously
from
their
journals
and
post-voyage
publications
.
.
. every
page
testifies
to
the
indomitable
vitality
of
both
explorers
and
naturalists.”—Andrew
Robinson,Nature
“This
fascinating
tale
is
told
across
time,
ships,
captains
and
crews,
and
the
countries
that
sent
or
received
these
scientific
travelers,
naturalists
who
brought
their
skills
and
weaknesses
to
documenting
the
natural
world
during
the
Enlightenment
and
beyond.
Williams.
.
.
does
all
the
hard
work
of
making
these
lives
and
adventures
comprehensible.”—Library
Journal
"[A]
fascinating
work
.
.
.
This
well-illustrated
book
will
interest
a
wide
audience."—Choice
“This
gripping
account
of
scientific
travellers
in
the
18th
and
19th
centuries
reveals
that
despite
the
importance
placed
on
their
work
by
governments,
relations
between
boffins
and
crews
were
often
fraught.”—Christopher
Hirst,The
Independent