page_title: Natural History of the Canary Islands
hierarchical_section_title: Natural History of the Canary Islands
caption_attribution_description: Español: Grabado de los dragos de la Casa de Franchy en la Villa de La Orotava, publicado en 1838 en su obra "Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries. Atlas"
context_page_description: Natural History of the Canary Islands is an illustrated reference work of the natural history of the Canary Islands. It was written by the English botanist Philip Barker-Webb and the French naturalist and ethnologist Sabin Berthelot, in cooperation with several other scientists. It was published in Paris between 1836 and 1850. The work is considered the most important 19th century text about the Canary Islands in the field of natural sciences.
  The work consists of three main parts and nine volumes:
  Volume 1-1: ethnography and the annals of conquest
  Volume 1-2: Canarian miscellany
  Volume 2-1: geography, statistics and geology
  Volume 2-2: zoology
  Volume 3-1: botanical geography
  Volume 3-2: Canarian phytography
  Most of the work is written in French, except the phytography part, which consists of scientific descriptions of plants in Latin.
context_section_description: Natural History of the Canary Islands (French: Histoire Naturelle des Îles Canaries) is an illustrated reference work of the natural history of the Canary Islands. It was written by the English botanist Philip Barker-Webb and the French naturalist and ethnologist Sabin Berthelot, in cooperation with several other scientists. It was published in Paris between 1836 and 1850. The work is considered the most important 19th century text about the Canary Islands in the field of natural sciences.
  The work consists of three main parts and nine volumes:
  Volume 1-1: ethnography and the annals of conquest
  Volume 1-2: Canarian miscellany (travel, excursions, various observations etc.)
  Volume 2-1: geography, statistics and geology
  Volume 2-2: zoology
  Volume 3-1: botanical geography
  Volume 3-2: Canarian phytography (in 4 volumes)
  Most of the work is written in French, except the phytography part, which consists of scientific descriptions of plants  in Latin.
caption: The Great dragon tree, illustration from the book
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