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3 entries match Travel & Voyages [K01.400.680] · Public Health [N02.500] · Zoology & Animal Sciences [K01.900.500.750]

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1995 CE

#9881

Green imperialism: Colonial expansion, tropical island edens and the origins of environmentalism 1600–1860.

GROVE, Richard Hugh (1955 – )
GROVE, Richard Hugh (1955 – )

"... the first book to document the origins and early history of environmentalism, concentrating especially on its hitherto unexplained colonial and global aspects. It highlights the significance of Utopian, Physiocra…

1842 CE

#8916

The structure and distribution of coral reefs. Being the first part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R. N. During the years 1832 to 1836.

DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809 – 1882)
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809 – 1882)

With slight modification, Darwin's work remains the accepted explanation for these phenomena. "Even if he had done nothing else, the theory of the coral islands alone would have placed Darwin in the very front of inve…

1807 CE–1834 CE

#7452

Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du nouveau continent, fait en 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. 34 vols.

HUMBOLDT, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von (1769 – 1859)
BONPLAND, Aimé Jacques Alexandre (1773 – 1858)
BONPLAND, Aimé Jacques Alexandre (1773 – 1858)

In 1799 Humboldt and Bonpland embarked on a six-year tour of research through South America and Mexico, a trip which would afterwards be called, justifiably, "the scientific discovery of America." The two amassed exha…