The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage
By: comp. from the collections and notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition, during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's Straits performed in His Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey ... in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28, by J. Richardson ... N. A. Vigors ... G. T. Lay ... E. T. Bennett ... Richard Owen ... John E. Gray ... Rev. W. Buckland ... and G. B. Sowerby ... Illustrated with upwards of fifty finely coloured plates by Sowerby. Pub. under the authority of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty.
Contributors: Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865.; Vigors, Nicholas Alyward, 1785-1840.; Lay, G. Tradescant; Bennett, Edward Turner, 1797-1836.; Owen, Richard, 1804-1892.; Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875.; Sowerby, George Brettingham, 1788-1854.; Buckland, William, 1784-1856.; Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877.; Collie, Alexander, d. 1835.; Great Britain. Admiralty.
Publisher: H.G. Bohn
Published: 1839
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Blossom (Ship); Zoology -- Oceania; Zoology -- America; Geology -- Oceania; Geology -- America
Table of contents: title: Introduction [by F. W. Beechey]; title: Mammalia, by J. Richardson.; title: Ornithology, by N. A. Vigors.; title: Fishes, by G. T. Lay, and E. T. Bennett.; title: Crustacea, by R. Owen.; title: Reptiles, by J. E. Gray.; title: Batrachians, by J. E. Gray.; title: Molluscous animals, and their shells, by J. E. Gray [and G. B. Sowerby]; title: Geology [ed. by W. Buckland, from the notes of Lieut. Belcher and of Mr. A. Collie]