The naturalists
Subtitle: scientific travelers in the golden age of natural history
By: Stephen R. Bown
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Scientific expeditions; History; Naturalists; Natural history
Table of contents: title: Early naturalists and scientists; title: William Bartram; title: Alexander von Humbolt; title: Inquisitive aristocrats; title: Charles Waterton; title: Prince Maximilian of Wied; title: Professional collectors of the golden age; title: David Douglas; title: John Kirk Townsend; title: John Richardson; title: The last field naturalists; title: Henry Walter Bates; title: John Wesley Powell.