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The noble quest : explorers and adventurers in the golden age of discovery
Bown, Stephen R.2026
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Place reservation for The noble quest : explorers and adventurers in the golden age of discoveryDuring the golden age of science, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there was a dedicated drive to accurately categorise nature and explain the natural world. Many enthusiastic naturalists, amateur and professional, set off to collect and classify plants and animals across the New World, and many of these finds still bear the names of those who discovered them today. This work, previously published as 'Sightseers and Scholars', features a new introduction that considers the growing catastrophic trend in species extinction today. The nine important individuals featured in the book encompass early naturalists William Bartram and Alexander von Humboldt; inquisitive aristocrats Charles Waterton and Prince Maximilian of Wied; professional collectors David Douglas, John Kirk Townsend and John Richardson; and the last of the field naturalists Henry Walter Bates and John Wesley Powell.
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New edition.
Imprint:
Cheltenham : The History Press, 2026.Cheltenham : The History Press, 2026.
Collation:
1 volume : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
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Previous edition: published as Sightseers and scholars. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2002.
ISBN:
9781837050482 (hbk)
Dewey class:
508.709034
Language:
English
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Natural history -- America -- History -- 19th centuryNaturalists -- America -- History -- 19th centuryScientific expeditions -- America -- History -- 19th centuryPopular Science and Naturec 1000 CE to c 150016th century, c 1500 to c 159917th century, c 1600 to c 1699Biography: historical, political & militaryCollected biographies
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3145897
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