Title The contented botanist : letters of W.H. Harvey about Australia and the Pacific / edited by Sophie C. Ducker

Published Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press ; Portland, Or. : [Distributed in the] U.S.A. and Canada by International Specialized Book Services, 1988

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W'PONDS	580.924 Harvey Duc/Cbl		DUE 03-05-24

Description xvi, 413 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 25 cm regular print Series Miegunyah Press series ; no. 3 Miegunyah Press series ; no. 3 Summary W.H. Harvey was the author of Phycologia Australica, a treatise on Australian seaweeds used as the definitive reference tool on this subject.The work, published in five separate volumes between 1858 and 1863, is the result of Harvey's extensive collecting along the Australian shores during a three year sabbatical Analysis Algae. Australia Algae. Pacific Area Australia Biographies Botanists. Correspondence Botany Botany. Australia Botany. Pacific Area Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866. Correspondence Harvey, william h Islands of the pacific Letters (correspondence) Notes Includes index Letters located at Gray Herbarium, Harvard University and at the archives of the library of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Bibliography Bibliography: pages 381-389 Subject Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866 -- Correspondence. Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866. Algae -- Australia. Algae -- Pacific Area. Botanists -- Correspondence. Botany -- Australia. Botany -- Pacific Area. Botany. SUBJECT Australia -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 -- 1788-1900 -- Sources Australia -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 -- 1851-1891 -- Sources Australia -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 -- 19th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012475 -- Sources. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012010 Author Ducker, S. C. (Sophie C.) Harvard University. Gray Herbarium. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Library. LC no. 89137311 ISBN 0522843417

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