Fauna Boreali-Americana; or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America 4 Volume Set : Containing Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected on the Late Northern Land Expeditio Mixed media product
by John Richardson
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology series
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Sir John Richardson (1787-1865), surgeon, naturalist and Arctic explorer, went on Sir John Franklin's first two Arctic expeditions as ship's doctor and naturalist, and made observations and collected a large number of plant and animal specimens from the Canadian Arctic.
On his return to England after the second expedition he began to write this four-volume work of natural history, first published between 1829 and 1837.
A volume is dedicated to each of the following classes: mammal (Volume 1); bird (Volume 2); fish (Volume 3); and insect (Volume 4) which are found in the Canadian Arctic.
This work is an interesting example of pre-Darwinian natural history, full of detailed descriptions of the appearance, anatomy and behaviour of the different species.
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- Pages:1886 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:16/02/2012
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- ISBN:9781108041713
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Item not Available
- Format:Mixed media product
- Pages:1886 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:16/02/2012
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- ISBN:9781108041713
