Island Naturalist
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The Naturalist And His Beautiful Islands
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Author : David Russell Lawrence
language : en
Publisher: ANU Press
Release Date : 2014-10-28
The Naturalist And His Beautiful Islands written by David Russell Lawrence and has been published by ANU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-28 with Nature categories.
‘I know no place where firm and paternal government would sooner produce beneficial results then in the Solomons … Here is an object worthy indeed the devotion of one’s life’. Charles Morris Woodford devoted his working life to pursuing this dream, becoming the first British Resident Commissioner in 1897 and remaining in office until 1915, establishing the colonial state almost singlehandedly. His career in the Pacific extended beyond the Solomon Islands. He worked briefly for the Western Pacific High Commission in Fiji, was a temporary consul in Samoa, and travelled as a Government Agent on a small labour vessel returning indentured workers to the Gilbert Islands. As an independent naturalist he made three successful expeditions to the islands, and even climbed Mt Popomanaseu, the highest mountain in Guadalcanal. However, his natural history collection of over 20,000 specimens, held by the British Museum of Natural History, has not been comprehensively examined. The British Solomon Islands Protectorate was established in order to control the Pacific Labour Trade and to counter possible expansion by French and German colonialists. It remaining an impoverished, largely neglected protectorate in the Western Pacific whose economic importance was large-scale copra production, with its copra considered the second-worst in the world. This book is a study of Woodford, the man, and what drove his desire to establish a colonial protectorate in the Solomon Islands. In doing so, it also addresses ongoing issues: not so much why the independent state broke down, but how imperfectly it was put together in the first place.
Island Naturalist
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Author : Kathie Fiveash
language : en
Publisher: Penobscot Books
Release Date : 2015
Island Naturalist written by Kathie Fiveash and has been published by Penobscot Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Natural history categories.
A compendium of four years of Island Naturalist columns, published originally in the weekly newspaper Island Ad-Vantages, Stonington, Maine.
One Man S Island
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Author : Keith Brockie
language : en
Publisher: Harpercollins
Release Date : 1984-01-01
One Man S Island written by Keith Brockie and has been published by Harpercollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-01-01 with Science categories.
The young and acclaimed naturalist-painter presents, with full-color drawings and paintings, a portrait of the landscape, flora, and fauna of a small island off the coast of Scotland
A Naturalist Among The Head Hunters
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Author : Charles Morris Woodford
language : en
Publisher: London ; Liverpool : Philip
Release Date : 1890
A Naturalist Among The Head Hunters written by Charles Morris Woodford and has been published by London ; Liverpool : Philip this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with Ethnology categories.
Our Island Continent
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Author : John Ellor Taylor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1886
Our Island Continent written by John Ellor Taylor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1886 with Australia categories.
The Last Island
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Pub.
Release Date : 2002
The Last Island written by and has been published by Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Pub. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Filled with adventures and revelations and illustrated with delightful watercolour paintings, The Last Island is a beautifully written testament to the environment, friendship, and the endurance of the human spirit.
On The Island With Charles Darwin
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Author : Barbara Ten Brink
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-01-20
On The Island With Charles Darwin written by Barbara Ten Brink and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-20 with Fiction categories.
On the Island with Charles Darwin is a work of fiction. While we know lots and lots about the life and work of Charles Darwin through preserved documents, notebooks, publications, letters, correspondence, membership in The Royal Society, we know nothing about the fictional characters I have created around him. The characters, their names, and events are entirely fictional. But they are authentic. I researched many topics to build a realistic setting and plausible events around the time Charles Darwin was visiting the Galápagos Archipelago, making observations and journal entries for his manuscript, On the Origin of Species (1859). It was also my great privilege to travel to Galápagos, to visit the islands of Isla de San Cristóbal and Isla Isabela, and experience for myself the entrepreneurial spirit of young naturalists who hire out their boats to take tourists on excursions to witness seals and sea lions, boobies, sharks, marine iguanas, penguins. Rather than travel by cruise ship, I rented Villa Rosa. Th is home was once the sea cucumber warehouse and counting house mentioned throughout the story.
A Naturalist On Desert Islands
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Author : Percy Roycroft Lowe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1911
A Naturalist On Desert Islands written by Percy Roycroft Lowe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1911 with Caribbean Area categories.
The Naturalist
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Author : Brendan Atkins
language : en
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
Release Date : 2022-10-01
The Naturalist written by Brendan Atkins and has been published by NewSouth Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
For lovers of natural history, this is the first book to explore Allan Riverstone McCulloch’s scientific genius, artistic talents and his crucial role in the development of the Australian Museum. Allan Riverstone McCulloch (1885–1925) was a leading scientist and talented illustrator, the Australian Museum’s most senior curator and its star exhibition designer. So why has history ignored his many contributions? A free spirit and an expert on Australia’s fish species, McCulloch was happiest collecting specimens on field trips to the Great Barrier Reef, Lord Howe Island and beyond. He escaped office politics at the museum to accompany cinematographer Frank Hurley on an expedition to tropical Papua in 1922, but controversy erupted when officials accused them of stealing sacred artefacts. The trip also left McCulloch with dysentery and malaria, and his mental health declined. In The Naturalist, Brendan Atkins explores McCulloch’s scientific genius and artistic talents, and his crucial role in the development of the Australian Museum. It’s a revealing and unflinching look at the remarkable life of a brilliant yet troubled scientist ‘An artist, a pioneering biologist, and someone who helped make our cherished Australian Museum one of the greatest in the world. At last, his enthralling story is being told.’ — Robyn Williams ‘Brendan Atkins’ book is a labour of love, a meticulously researched account of the life of Allan McCulloch, a senior and controversial figure at Sydney’s Australian Museum and one of the world’s leading ichthyologists or fish biologists. It chronicles his field work adventures across the Pacific and informs us about a myriad of topics along the way, from taxidermy and dioramas to the ongoing problem of museums and their often-plundered objects. McCulloch led a troubled life, something this book describes with honesty and insight. He was also an accomplished artist, studying under Julian Ashton; the remarkable sketches and paintings of species reproduced here indicate his complete dedication to his craft.’ — Ken Gelder is co-author of The Colonial Kangaroo Hunt (2020) and a Professor of English at the University of Melbourne 'A fascinating biography of a fascinating man; one who was a naturalist, adventurer, artist, and a genius who found his greatest struggle was to deal with his own demons.' — Louis Nowra 'A wonderful biography that takes us into the intricate and astonishing world of the natural history museum 100 years ago. Brendan Atkins recovers an important curator, the enigmatic and talented Allan McCulloch, with insight, humour and sensitivity. Along the way, he teases out distinctions between stealing and collecting, guilt and hubris, despair and genius.' — Cathy Perkins, author of The Shelf Life of Zora Cross ‘This fascinating story of a talented naturalist and his unravelling is also a portrait of the colonial madness of museums and collecting.’ — Delia Falconer
The Naturalist In Vancouver Island And British Columbia
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Author : John Keast Lord
language : en
Publisher: London : R. Bentley
Release Date : 1866
The Naturalist In Vancouver Island And British Columbia written by John Keast Lord and has been published by London : R. Bentley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1866 with British Columbia categories.