Author: Frank Swift BournsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Preliminary Notes on the Birds and Mammals Collected by the Menage Scientific Expedition to the Philippine Islands
Author: Frank Swift BournsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Expeditions in the Long Nineteenth Century
Author: Jörn HappelPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040011071
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
This book examines the processes of scientific, cultural, political, technical, colonial and violent appropriation during the 19th century. The 19th century was the century of world travel. The earth was explored, surveyed, described, illustrated, and categorized. Travelogues became world bestsellers. Modern technology accompanied the travelers and adventurers: clocks, a postal and telegraph system, surveying equipment, and cameras. The world grew together faster and faster. Previously unknown places became better known: the highest peaks, the coldest spots, the hottest deserts, and the most remote cities. Knowledge about the white spots of the earth was systematically collected. Those who made a name for themselves in the 19th century are still read today. Alexander von Humboldt or Charles Darwin made the epoch a scientific heyday. Ida Pfeiffer or Isabelle Bird (Bishop) traveled to distant continents and took their readers at home on insightful journeys. Hermann Vámbéry or Sir Richard Burton got to know the most remote languages and regions. There are countless travel reports about a fascinating century, which, with surveying and exploration, also brought colonial conquest and exploitation into the world. In ten individual studies, the authors explore travelers from all over the world and analyze their successes. The unifying element of all the studies is the experience of distance and its communication by means of travelogues to the armchair travelers who have stayed at home. This volume will be of value to students and scholars both interested in modern history, social and cultural history, and the history of science and technology.
PRELIMINARY NOTES ON THE BIRDS
Author: Frank Swift BournsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781374405233
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The Ibis
Author: The Philippine Journal of Science
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
A memorial number was issued with v.7.
A Review of the Philippine Land Mammals in the United States National Museum
Author: Ned HollisterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mammals
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
Occasional Papers
Author: Minnesota academy of sciencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Proceedings of the United States National Museum
Author: United States National MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
Preliminary Notes on the Birds and Mammals Collected by the Menage Scientific Expedition to the Philippine Islands. By Frank S. Bourns and Dean C. Worcester
Author: Frank Swift BournsTransactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall
Author: Royal Geological Society of CornwallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 938
Book Description
Vol. 6, includes the society's annual reports for 1844-46.