Author: Jacques Arago
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Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 694
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Narrative of a Voyage Round the World, in the Uranie and Physicienne Corvettes, Commanded by Captain Freycinet, During the Years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820
Author: Jacques Arago
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Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 694
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Publisher:
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Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 694
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Narrative of a Voyage Round the World
Author: Jacques Arago
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108061540
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 679
Book Description
An engaging and witty account of the French scientific expedition of 1817-20, published in English in 1823.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108061540
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 679
Book Description
An engaging and witty account of the French scientific expedition of 1817-20, published in English in 1823.
The London Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Island Bats
Author: Theodore H. Fleming
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226253317
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
The second largest order of mammals, Chiroptera comprises more than one thousand species of bats. Because of their mobility, bats are often the only native mammals on isolated oceanic islands, where more than half of all bat species live. These island bats represent an evolutionarily distinctive and ecologically significant part of the earth’s biological diversity. Island Bats is the first book to focus solely on the evolution, ecology, and conservation of bats living in the world’s island ecosystems. Among other topics, the contributors to this volume examine how the earth’s history has affected the evolution of island bats, investigate how bat populations are affected by volcanic eruptions and hurricanes, and explore the threat of extinction from human disturbance. Geographically diverse, the volume includes studies of the islands of the Caribbean, the Western Indian Ocean, Micronesia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and New Zealand. With its wealth of information from long-term studies, Island Bats provides timely and valuable information about how this fauna has evolved and how it can be conserved.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226253317
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
The second largest order of mammals, Chiroptera comprises more than one thousand species of bats. Because of their mobility, bats are often the only native mammals on isolated oceanic islands, where more than half of all bat species live. These island bats represent an evolutionarily distinctive and ecologically significant part of the earth’s biological diversity. Island Bats is the first book to focus solely on the evolution, ecology, and conservation of bats living in the world’s island ecosystems. Among other topics, the contributors to this volume examine how the earth’s history has affected the evolution of island bats, investigate how bat populations are affected by volcanic eruptions and hurricanes, and explore the threat of extinction from human disturbance. Geographically diverse, the volume includes studies of the islands of the Caribbean, the Western Indian Ocean, Micronesia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and New Zealand. With its wealth of information from long-term studies, Island Bats provides timely and valuable information about how this fauna has evolved and how it can be conserved.
Hawaiian Native Claims Settlement Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Indian Affairs
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Category : Hawaiians
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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Category : Hawaiians
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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Hawaiian Native Claims Settlement Act
Author: United States. Congress. House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Australasian Bibliography
Author: Public Library of New South Wales
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Category : Australasia
Languages : en
Pages : 1280
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Category : Australasia
Languages : en
Pages : 1280
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Australasian Bibliography (in Three Parts)
Author: Public Library of New South Wales
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Category : Australasia
Languages : en
Pages : 1284
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Category : Australasia
Languages : en
Pages : 1284
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The Giant Squid in Transatlantic Culture
Author: Otto Latva
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000910482
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This book builds upon the extensive study of the historical relationship between sea animals and humans in transatlantic culture during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It exposes the present understanding of the human relationship with the giant squid not only as too simplistic but also as historically inaccurate. For instance, it redefines the earlier understanding that humans and especially seafarers have understood giant squid as horror-evoking and ugly creatures since the dawn of history and explains the origins of mythical sea monsters such as the Kraken. The book is, however, more than a critical response to previous work. It will point out that animals such as cephalopods, which have largely been defined in biological contexts in recent times, have a fascinating and multivariate past, entangled with the history of humans in many remarkable ways. Hence, this book is not just about perceptions of giant-sized squid or cephalopods, but a historical inquiry into the transatlantic culture from the late eighteenth century to the turn of the twentieth century. It will provide new knowledge about the history of mollusc studies, seafaring culture and more broadly of the relationship between humans and animals during the period.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000910482
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This book builds upon the extensive study of the historical relationship between sea animals and humans in transatlantic culture during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It exposes the present understanding of the human relationship with the giant squid not only as too simplistic but also as historically inaccurate. For instance, it redefines the earlier understanding that humans and especially seafarers have understood giant squid as horror-evoking and ugly creatures since the dawn of history and explains the origins of mythical sea monsters such as the Kraken. The book is, however, more than a critical response to previous work. It will point out that animals such as cephalopods, which have largely been defined in biological contexts in recent times, have a fascinating and multivariate past, entangled with the history of humans in many remarkable ways. Hence, this book is not just about perceptions of giant-sized squid or cephalopods, but a historical inquiry into the transatlantic culture from the late eighteenth century to the turn of the twentieth century. It will provide new knowledge about the history of mollusc studies, seafaring culture and more broadly of the relationship between humans and animals during the period.
Bibliotheca Americana Nova
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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