A delightful A-to-Z menagerie of the sea-whimsically illustrated,
authoritative, and thought-provoking. For millennia, we have taken
to the waves. And yet, for humans, the ocean remains our planet's
most inaccessible region, the place about which we know the least.
From A to Z, abalone to zooplankton, and through both text and
original illustrations, Ocean Bestiary is a celebration of our
ongoing quest to know the sea and its creatures. Focusing on
individual species or groups of animals, Richard J. King embarks
upon a global tour of ocean wildlife, including beluga whales,
flying fish, green turtles, mako sharks, noddies, right whales, sea
cows (as well as sea lions, sea otters, and sea pickles), skipjack
tuna, swordfish, tropicbirds, walrus, and yellow-bellied sea
snakes. But more than this, King connects the natural history of
ocean animals to the experiences of people out at sea and along the
world's coastlines. From firsthand accounts passed down by the
earliest Polynesian navigators to observations from Wampanoag
clamshell artists, African-American whalemen, Korean female divers
(or haenyeo), and today's pilots of deep-sea submersibles-and even
to imaginary sea expeditions launched through poems, novels, and
paintings-Ocean Bestiary weaves together a diverse array of human
voices underrepresented in environmental history to tell the larger
story of our relationship with the sea. Sometimes funny, sometimes
alarming, but always compelling, King's vignettes reveal both how
our perceptions of the sea have changed for the better and how far
we still have to go on our voyage.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Oceans in Depth |
| Release date: |
May 2023 |
| First published: |
2023 |
| Authors: |
Richard J King
|
| Illustrators: |
Richard J King
|
| Dimensions: |
203 x 140mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
320 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-81803-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-226-81803-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780226818030 |
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