Fauna Boreali-Americana; or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America

Sir John Richardson (1787–1865), surgeon, naturalist and Arctic explorer, went on Sir John Franklin's first two Arctic expeditions as ship's doctor and naturalist, and made observations and collected a large number of plant and animal specimens from the Canadian Arctic. On his return to En...

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Main Authors: Richardson, John, Swainson, William, Kirby, William
Format: Book
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2012
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Arctic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139151917
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/cbo9781139151917 2024-03-03T08:40:59+00:00 Fauna Boreali-Americana; or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America Containing Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected on the Late Northern Land Expeditions under Command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. Richardson, John Swainson, William Kirby, William 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139151917 unknown Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms ISBN 9781108041676 9781139151917 monograph 2012 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139151917 2024-02-08T08:29:16Z Sir John Richardson (1787–1865), surgeon, naturalist and Arctic explorer, went on Sir John Franklin's first two Arctic expeditions as ship's doctor and naturalist, and made observations and collected a large number of plant and animal specimens from the Canadian Arctic. On his return to England after the second expedition he began to write this four-volume work of natural history, first published between 1829 and 1837. A volume is dedicated to each of the classes of mammal, bird, fish and insect, which are found in the Canadian Arctic. This work is an interesting example of pre-Darwinian natural history, full of detailed descriptions of the appearance, anatomy and behaviour of the different species. Volume 1, first published in 1829, focuses on mammals. Descriptions of the species sometimes include details of interactions between humans and that species; for example, unfortunate encounters between sailors and polar bears. Book Arctic Cambridge University Press Arctic
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description Sir John Richardson (1787–1865), surgeon, naturalist and Arctic explorer, went on Sir John Franklin's first two Arctic expeditions as ship's doctor and naturalist, and made observations and collected a large number of plant and animal specimens from the Canadian Arctic. On his return to England after the second expedition he began to write this four-volume work of natural history, first published between 1829 and 1837. A volume is dedicated to each of the classes of mammal, bird, fish and insect, which are found in the Canadian Arctic. This work is an interesting example of pre-Darwinian natural history, full of detailed descriptions of the appearance, anatomy and behaviour of the different species. Volume 1, first published in 1829, focuses on mammals. Descriptions of the species sometimes include details of interactions between humans and that species; for example, unfortunate encounters between sailors and polar bears.
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Swainson, William
Kirby, William
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Swainson, William
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Fauna Boreali-Americana; or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America
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Swainson, William
Kirby, William
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title_full Fauna Boreali-Americana; or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America
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