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ISBN: 9780371594407
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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The Adventures of a Griffin on a Voyage of Discovery, Written by Himself H.S. Melville
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ISBN: 9780371594407
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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ISBN: 9780371594407
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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The Adventures of a Griffin on a Voyage of Discovery. Written by Himself. [By Harden S. Melville. With Illustrations.].
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Pages : 248
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The Reef: A Passionate History: The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Change
Author: Iain McCalman
Publisher: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374711704
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 353
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Stretching 1,400 miles along the Australian coast and visible from space, the Great Barrier Reef is home to three thousand individual reefs, more than nine hundred islands, and thousands of marine species, and has alternately been viewed as a deadly maze, an economic bounty, a scientific frontier, and a precarious World Heritage site. Now the historian and explorer Iain McCalman takes us on a new adventure into the reef to reveal how our shifting perceptions of the natural world have shaped this extraordinary seascape. Showcasing the lives of twenty individuals spanning more than two centuries, The Reef highlights our profound desire to conquer, understand, embrace, and ultimately save the world's most complex ocean ecosystem. Opening with the story of Captain James Cook, who sailed unknowingly into the southwest entrance of this vast network of coral outcroppings, McCalman shows how Cook spent months navigating this treacherous underwater labyrinth, struggling to keep his crew alive and his ship afloat, sparring with deceptive shoals and wary native islanders. Through a series of dramatic tales from intrepid explorers, unwitting castaways, inquisitive naturalists, enchanted artists, and impassioned environmentalists who have collectively shaped our ideas about the Great Barrier Reef, McCalman demonstrates how this grand natural wonder of the world was built as much by human imagination as by the industrious, beautiful creatures of the sea. A romantic, historically significant book and a deeply personal journey into the heart of a marine environment in peril, The Reef powerfully captures the delicate relationship between humanity and the natural world.
Publisher: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374711704
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 353
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Stretching 1,400 miles along the Australian coast and visible from space, the Great Barrier Reef is home to three thousand individual reefs, more than nine hundred islands, and thousands of marine species, and has alternately been viewed as a deadly maze, an economic bounty, a scientific frontier, and a precarious World Heritage site. Now the historian and explorer Iain McCalman takes us on a new adventure into the reef to reveal how our shifting perceptions of the natural world have shaped this extraordinary seascape. Showcasing the lives of twenty individuals spanning more than two centuries, The Reef highlights our profound desire to conquer, understand, embrace, and ultimately save the world's most complex ocean ecosystem. Opening with the story of Captain James Cook, who sailed unknowingly into the southwest entrance of this vast network of coral outcroppings, McCalman shows how Cook spent months navigating this treacherous underwater labyrinth, struggling to keep his crew alive and his ship afloat, sparring with deceptive shoals and wary native islanders. Through a series of dramatic tales from intrepid explorers, unwitting castaways, inquisitive naturalists, enchanted artists, and impassioned environmentalists who have collectively shaped our ideas about the Great Barrier Reef, McCalman demonstrates how this grand natural wonder of the world was built as much by human imagination as by the industrious, beautiful creatures of the sea. A romantic, historically significant book and a deeply personal journey into the heart of a marine environment in peril, The Reef powerfully captures the delicate relationship between humanity and the natural world.
Adventures of a Griffin on a Voyage of Discovery
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Anonyms
Author: William Cushing
Publisher: Georg Olms Verlag AG
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Publisher: Georg Olms Verlag AG
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century
Author: Samuel Austin Allibone
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 848
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 848
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Bibliography of Australia
Author: John Alexander Ferguson
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN: 9780642990495
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
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Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN: 9780642990495
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
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A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased
Author: Samuel Austin Allibone
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1150
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1150
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A Supplement to Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors
Author: John Foster Kirk
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 842
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 842
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British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 742
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Pages : 742
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