REISEN IN BRITISCH-GUIANA IN DEN JAHREN 1840-1844 3 VOLUME SET by Richard Schomburgk ( 9781108023399 )

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REISEN IN BRITISCH-GUIANA IN DEN JAHREN 1840-1844 3 VOLUME SET
IN AUFTRAG SR. MAJESTAT DES KONIGS VON PREUSSEN

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ISBN 10:

1108023398

ISBN 13:

9781108023399

Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION

Pub. date:

9 December, 2010

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies

Pages:

1842

Description:

This report on expeditions in British Guiana in 1840-1844 was a major work on taxonomy and on native tribes.

Synopsis:

Richard Schomburgk (1811-1891) accompanied his brother Robert Hermann Schomburgk on his mission to survey the boundary of British Guiana (his account is also reissued in this series). Richard was commissioned by the Prussian government to find new flora, fauna and ethnographical specimens for the Berlin Botanic Gardens and the royal museums. The publication in 1847-1848 in Germany of this three-volume account of the expedition was supported by Alexander von Humboldt, who was a close friend. The third volume especially, which concentrated on botany, was considered a major taxonomical work. Schomburgk contracted yellow fever, and found the preservation and transportation of his specimens difficult in the climate, many perishing before they got to Germany. Schomburgk later emigrated to Australia, becoming director of the Botanic Garden, Adelaide.

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18 b/w illus. 2 maps

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Cambridge University Press

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