Fauna Boreali-Americana; or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America - Containing Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected on the Late Northern Land Expeditions under Command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Fauna Boreali-Americana; or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America 4 Volume Set, Volume 2
Release date:	February 2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	John Richardson
Assisted by:	William Swainson • William Kirby
Dimensions:	297 x 210 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	698
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-04168-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > General
LSN:	1-108-04168-X
Barcode:	9781108041683

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