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Rice, A. L.

Voyages of discovery : three centuries of natural history exploration / written by Tony Rice ; with an introduction by David Bellamy.

1st American ed.

New York : C. Potter, ©1999.

335 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 33 cm

This strikingly beautiful retrospective of significant and remarkable discoveries in the past three centuries of natural science exploration is illustrated throughout with artwork hand picked from the archives of the Natural History Museum of London. 320 full-color illustrations.

Natural history -- History.

Naturalists -- Biography.

Voyages around the world.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-331) and index.

Voyage to Jamaica : 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, Joseph Banks, Sydney Parkinson -- Return to the South Seas : James Cook, Johann Forster, 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.

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