| Description |
1 online resource (520 pages) |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. One (to 1800) -- Early ichthyology to the time of Ray and Willughby -- Artedi, Linnaeus and the Systema Naturae -- Linnaeus' students, their voyages of discovery, and their French contemporaries -- Seba, Dutch naturalists and the stadholder's cabinet -- Bloch and Schneider, Pallas, Lacepede, Broussonet -- British Museum before 1800 (Shaw) -- Voyages to Australia before 1800 -- Collections in Australia before 1800 -- pt. Two (1800 to 1870) -- Flinders (Bauer, Brown) and Baudin (Peron and Lesueur) -- French voyages (1817 to 1840) -- Darwin (Jenyns) -- Cuvier and Valenciennes, and their contributors -- Gray at the British Museum, and the Bennetts -- Richardson -- Ichthyology and empire -- Continental ichthyology -- Bleeker -- Gunther -- Fish collection and ichthyology in Australia (1800 to 1870) -- pt. Three (1870 to 1930) -- Castelnau -- Interregnum -- Overseas contributions -- Ogilby -- Waite -- McCulloch -- Contemporaries of Ogilby, Waite and McCulloch -- glance forward from 1930 |
| Summary |
This book traces the discovery of Australia's fishes from the earliest days of taxonomy to the first part of the 20th century. It provides a unique insight into the diverse pathways by which Australia's fish were discovered and outlines the history of early maritime explorations in Australia that collected natural history specimens. The book covers the life and work of each of the most important discoverers, and assesses their accomplishments and the limitations of their work. Discovery of Australia's Fishes is distinctive in that a biographic approach is integrated with chronological description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Ichthyology -- Australia -- History
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Ichthyologists -- Biography
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NATURE -- Animals -- Fish.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ichthyology & Herpetology.
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Ichthyologists
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Ichthyology
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Australia
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Australien
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012471789 |
| ISBN |
9780643106710 |
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0643106715 |
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9780643106727 |
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0643106723 |
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1280487631 |
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9781280487637 |
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9786613582867 |
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6613582867 |
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