| Description |
336 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references: pages 330-331. |
| Contents |
Voyage to Jamaica / Sir Hans Sloane -- Surveying Ceylon / Paul Hermann, Johan Gideon Loten & Pieter de Bevere -- Sojourn to Surinam / Maria Sibylla Merian -- Travels in North America / William Bartram -- Pacific crossing / James Cook, Johann & George Forster -- Charting Australia / Matthew Flinders & Ferdinand Bauer -- Sailing with the Beagle / Charles Darwin -- Amazonia and beyond / Alfred Russel Wallace & Henry Walter Bates -- Fathoming the deep / The Challenger Expedition. |
| Subject |
Natural history -- History.
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Voyages around the world.
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Natural History Museum (London, England)
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| ISBN |
9781554074143 |
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1554074142 |
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