Discovering the birds of Europe, I

This chapter introduces the ‘History of the Birds of Europe’, a great book project initiated by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, in partnership with Dresser. The chapter discusses scientific travellers and fieldwork, and the growth of formal and informal scientific travel through the nineteenth century. It d...

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Main Author: McGhie, Henry A.
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Published: Manchester University Press 2017
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.7228/manchester/9781784994136.003.0007
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