Author: John WhiteheadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gunung Kinabalu (Sabah)
Languages : en
Pages :
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Exploration of Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo
Author: John WhiteheadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gunung Kinabalu (Sabah)
Languages : en
Pages :
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On the Flora of Mount Kinabalu, in North Borneo
Author: Otto StapfExploration of Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo
Author: John WhiteheadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Exploration of Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo
Author: John WhiteheadExploration of Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo
Author: John 1860-1899 WhiteheadPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015103078
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Colonial Reports Report on North Borneo
Author: Great Britain. Colonial OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
The Natives of Sarawak and British North Borneo
Author: Henry Ling RothPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368275135
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1896.
Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
Author: Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Federated Malay States
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
List of members in some numbers.
Literature of Travel and Exploration
Author: Jennifer SpeakePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135456623
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 3477
Book Description
Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.
The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians
Author: Bo BeolensPublisher: Pelagic Publishing
ISBN: 190780742X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
New species of animal and plant are being discovered all the time. When this happens, the new species has to be given a scientific, Latin name in addition to any common, vernacular name. In either case the species may be named after a person, often the discoverer but sometimes an individual they wished to honour or perhaps were staying with at the time the discovery was made. Species names related to a person are ‘eponyms’. Many scientific names are allusive, esoteric and even humorous, so an eponym dictionary is a valuable resource for anyone, amateur or professional, who wants to decipher the meaning and glimpse the history of a species name. Sometimes a name refers not to a person but to a fictional character or mythological figure. The Forest Stubfoot Toad Atelopus farci is named after the FARC, a Colombian guerrilla army who found refuge in the toad’s habitat and thereby, it is claimed, protected it. Hoipollo's Bubble-nest Frog Pseudophilautus hoipolloi was named after the Greek for ‘the many’, but someone assumed the reference was to a Dr Hoipollo. Meanwhile, the man who has everything will never refuse an eponym: Sting's Treefrog Dendropsophus stingi is named after the rock musician, in honour of his ‘commitment and efforts to save the rainforest’. Following the success of their Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles, the authors have joined forces to give amphibians a similar treatment. They have tracked down 1,609 honoured individuals and composed for each a brief, pithy biography. In some cases these are a reminder of the courage of scientists whose dedicated research in remote locations exposed them to disease and even violent death. The eponym ensures that their memory will survive, aided by reference works such as this highly readable dictionary. Altogether 2,668 amphibians are listed.