Robert Brown and Mungo Park

Travels and Explorations in Natural History for the Royal Society

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Explorer-naturalists Robert Brown and Mungo Park played a pivotal role in the development of natural history and exploration in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This work is a fresh examination of the lives and careers of Brown and Park and their impact on natural history and exploration.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-08-05
Mått155 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt530 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieMemoirs of The New York Botanical Garden
Antal sidor217
Upplaga21001
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030748586

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Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction: Collecting, Observing, and Describing the Natural World.- Scientific Ferment in late Eighteenth Century Edinburgh.- Scientific Exploration During Voyages of Discovery.- ... the plants of Scotland might be equally useful.- Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa.- A good practical Botanist.- So remote a country as New Holland.- The Crew labouring under the Same disorder.- Mungo Park's Last Journey.- A Tedious and Uncomfortable Passage.- Prodrommus, Florae Novae Hollndiae.- Banks's Librarian.- Taking leave of Sir Joseph Banks.- Pollen Grains of Clarkis pulchella.- Epilogue: The greatest of Banksian botanist-librarians.- Bibliography.

“This is good solid work, and presents two individuals who deserve more attention from historians of botany. ... this is a triple biography, because Banks figured so significantly in the lives of Park and Brown and also in the development of the botanical enterprise in Britain.” (Maura C. Flannery, Journal of the History of Biology, Vol. 57 (1), 2024)“This is a well-written, extremely interesting account of the activities of several pre-Darwin scientists. … Recommended. General readers through faculty.” (F. W. Yow emeritus, Choice, Vol. 61 (5), 2024)