| The Naturalist in Australia Contributor(s): Saville-Kent, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1139854763 ISBN-13: 9781139854764 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - General - Nature |
| Dewey: 508 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Educated at King's College, London, the naturalist and marine biologist William Saville-Kent (1845-1908) went on to work at the British Museum and in aquariums at Brighton, Manchester and Westminster. He spent many years in Australia as a fisheries expert, and during this time he made extensive surveys of the natural world. The present work, first published in 1897, was intended to give a non-scientific audience a glimpse of the fantastic array of wildlife in Australia. The author discusses the many varieties of birds, lizards, fish and other sea life, insects (an entire chapter is devoted to termites), and vegetation. He was also able to take advantage of the photographic technology of the time and include around fifty collotype images, which complement the many other illustrations of the plants and animals he writes about, providing a vivid overview of the natural world in late nineteenth-century Australia. |