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A poetic, enthralling novel based on the life of one of the early botanist-explorers Anders Sparrman. He sailed with Cook to the Antarctic, explored the South African interior, and became a passionate abolitionist.
Author : Per Wästberg
Publisher : Granta Books
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 13,62 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Biographical fiction
ISBN : 1847081754
A poetic, enthralling novel based on the life of one of the early botanist-explorers Anders Sparrman. He sailed with Cook to the Antarctic, explored the South African interior, and became a passionate abolitionist.
Author : Rolf Du Rietz
Publisher :
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 49,70 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Naturalists
ISBN : 9789197409438
Author : Anders Sparrman
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Page : 416 pages
File Size : 36,41 MB
Release : 1785
Category : Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
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Author : Anders Sparrman
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Page : pages
File Size : 17,7 MB
Release : 1975
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Author : Jan Georg Karl Söderström
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 22,57 MB
Release : 1939
Category : Ethnology
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For biographical account of Anders Sparrman (1748-1820), a pupil of Linnaeus, see pp. 12-14. The work, written in Swedish, was translated into English by M. Leijer, the text figures were drawn by A. Hjelm.
Author : Anders Sparrman
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Page : 296 pages
File Size : 15,89 MB
Release : 1977
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Author : Keith Rodney Benson
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 46,96 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780295982397
From a study of knowledge of the sea among indigenous cultures in the South Seas to inquiries into the subject of sea monsters, from studies of Pacific currents to descriptions of ocean-going research vessels, the sixty-three essays presented here reflect the scientific complexity and richness of social relationships that characterize ocean-ographic history. Based on papers presented at the Fifth International Congress on the History of Oceanography held at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (the first ICHO meeting following the cessation of the Cold War), the volume features an unusual breadth of contributions. Oceanography itself involves the full spectrum of physical, biological, and earth sciences in their formal, empirical, and applied manifestations. The contributors to Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond undertake the interdisciplinary task of telling the story of oceanography’s past, drawing on diverse methodologies. Their essays explore the concepts, techniques, and technologies of oceanography, as well as the social, economic, and institutional determinants of oceanographic history. Although focused on the Pacific, the geographic range of subjects is global and includes Micronesia, East Africa, and Antarctica; the bathymetric range comprises inshore fisheries, coral reefs, and the "azoic zone." The seventy-one contributors represent every continent of the globe except Antarctica, bringing together material on the history of oceanography never before published.
Author : A. W. Anderson
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Page : 5 pages
File Size : 14,36 MB
Release : 1960
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Author : L. C. Rookmaaker
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 37,64 MB
Release : 1989-06-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9061918677
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.
Author : Anders Sparrman
Publisher : Van Riebeeck Society, The
Page : pages
File Size : 36,50 MB
Release :
Category : Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
ISBN : 9780958513432