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Shurcliff, Sydney Nichols

Jungle Islands; The "Illyria" in the South Seas; The Record of the Crane Pacific Expedition Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, with a Scientific Appendix by Karl Patterson Schmidt

1930

118,44 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1930
Luogo di stampa
New York. G. P. Putnam's Sons
Autore
Shurcliff, Sydney Nichols
Edizione
First Edition.
Soggetto
Travel - Pacific & Australia Naturalists Travels
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

4to [27 x 20 cm]; xv, [errata slip], 298 pp, illus, numerous plates including excellent color plates of birds, fish, etc, from paintings, many photo plates, double page map, double page plan of ship, other drawings, index. original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, gilt vignette, top edge gilted, slight wear at spine ends, clean, near fine copy, unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A very well illustrated account that focuses on the native peoples and natural history of this 1928-29 expedition through Panama, Galapagos Island, Marquises, Tahiti, New Hebrides, New Guinea, Borneo, etc. The 32,000 mile expedition carried out numerous scientific studies, from cannibals in New Guinea to natural history, collecting thousands of specimens for the Chicago Field Museum. The colored plates and drawings are by Walter A. Weber, the photos are mainly by the author.