The Zoological Exploration of Southern Africa 1650-1790


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The 18th century witnessed a new interest in African animals. Research was undertaken at the Cape of Good Hope by explorers whose books, manuscripts and drawings concerning mammals and birds are listed and discussed within this text.;This text gives details on four collections of 300 mammal and bird drawings connected with Levaillant's research. Many examples are illustrated. The zoological contents of the material left by these seven explorers are analyzed for all mammals and birds emphasizing the history, taxonomy, nomenclature and zoogeography.



















A Fynbos Year


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The southern and south-western Cape, which has a richer plant life than that of the whole British Isles, forms one of the major floral kingdoms of the world, and is home to a wide variety of birds, mammals, reptiles and insects. Liz McMahon's illustrations are complemented by Michael Fraser's text.




Benjamin Smith Barton


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Benjamin Smith Barton (1766-1815) was trained as a physician but is best known as the first professional naturalist in the United States. Barton's wide-ranging interests were equaled by his voluminous correspondence to contemporaries including Thomas Jefferson, Alexander von Humboldt, and Thomas Pennant, which offers pivotal insights into the early natural sciences in the United States. Benjamin Smith Barton: Naturalist and Physician in Jeffersonian America reveals the breadth of Barton's interests, highlights his notable contribution to the nascent scientific community in the United States, and displays the remarkable diversity of organisms, extant and fossil, that passed through Barton's hands as the American continent opened to exploration. The text is complemented by valuable supplemental resources, including genealogical information and charts, a bibliography of Barton's writings, and separate indices of flora, fauna, and people discussed in the text.




Introduction ; Voyage from Gotenburgh to the Cape ; Residence at the Cape of Good Hope till the author's voyage to the South Sea ; Voyage to the South Sea ; Journey frome Cape Town to the Country of the Caffres ; Journey from the Warm Bath to Zwellendam ; Journey from Zwellendam to Muscle-Bay ; Journey through the Houtniquas ; Journey through Lange Dal ; Journey from Lange Dal to Sitsicamma, and from thence to Sea-Cow River


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Amateur Gardening


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