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Fauna Boreali-Americana; or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America
John Richardson
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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 classes of mammal, bird, fish and insect, 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. Volume 2 was first published in 1831 and focuses on the species of birds found in the Canadian Arctic. It was co-authored with naturalist and illustrator William Swainson (1789-1855) and contains many illustrations.
- Format: Pocket/Paperback
- ISBN: 9781108041683
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 698
- Utgivningsdatum: 2012-02-16
- Översättare: William Swainson
- Förlag: Cambridge University Press