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Honig, Pieter And Frans Verdoorn (Editors)

Science and Scientists in the Netherlands Indies

1945

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Year of publication
1945
Place of printing
New York. Board of the Netherlands Indies, Surinam and Curacao
Author
Honig, Pieter And Frans Verdoorn (Editors)
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - Pacific & Australia
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

4to [26.5 x 18 cm]; xxii, [ii], 491, [i] pp, frontis, 134 illustrations including many full-page from old sources, some double-page, tables, maps including folding, map endpapers. original pictorial cloth, gilt spine title lettering, very good+, interior is clean and fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A collection of articles and extracts from older sources on the natural sciences of the former Dutch colonies, a very useful reference with contributions by many eminent scientists including David Fairchild, Alfred Russel Wallace, Ernst Mayer, H. O. Forbes, and many others. All the articles are in English, some produced in English for the first time, covering all aspects of natural history, geology, rubber cultivation, botany, plant hunting, tobacco, climate, agriculture, forestry, cinchona cultivation, archaeology, etc.