Wanderings In New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast Singapore, And China: Being The Journal Of A Naturalist In Those Countries, During 1832, 1833, And 1834 (Vol. Ii)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: facsimile ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
At a time when the world's most remote corners were only beginning to yield their secrets to Western eyes, George Bennett — Fellow of the Linnean Society and of the Royal College of Surgeons — embarked on an extraordinary journey across New South Wales, Batavia, the Pedir Coast, Singapore, and China, recording his observations with the meticulous eye of a trained naturalist. This second volume of his celebrated two-volume work chronicles the vivid encounters, zoological discoveries, and cultural observations that Bennett gathered during his remarkable travels of 1832, 1833, and 1834, presenting an indispensable first-hand account of the natural world and human societies at the furthest edges of the British Empire and beyond. Bennett's prose sits at the distinguished crossroads of scientific inquiry and adventurous narrative, marrying rigorous taxonomic detail with the vivid personal voice of a gentleman explorer. His accounts illuminate the flora, fauna, and peoples of vastly different regions with an authority and curiosity that anticipates the great naturalist tradition of Darwin and Wallace. Rich in ethnographic observation and natural history, this volume stands as a landmark document of nineteenth-century scientific travel writing — leaving the reader to wonder what astonishing creature or hidden civilisation Bennett might yet uncover on the next page.
Author: George Bennett
Format: Hardback
Published: 1967, Libraries Board of South Australia. Adelaide.
Genre: Australian history
Edition: facsimile ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
At a time when the world's most remote corners were only beginning to yield their secrets to Western eyes, George Bennett — Fellow of the Linnean Society and of the Royal College of Surgeons — embarked on an extraordinary journey across New South Wales, Batavia, the Pedir Coast, Singapore, and China, recording his observations with the meticulous eye of a trained naturalist. This second volume of his celebrated two-volume work chronicles the vivid encounters, zoological discoveries, and cultural observations that Bennett gathered during his remarkable travels of 1832, 1833, and 1834, presenting an indispensable first-hand account of the natural world and human societies at the furthest edges of the British Empire and beyond. Bennett's prose sits at the distinguished crossroads of scientific inquiry and adventurous narrative, marrying rigorous taxonomic detail with the vivid personal voice of a gentleman explorer. His accounts illuminate the flora, fauna, and peoples of vastly different regions with an authority and curiosity that anticipates the great naturalist tradition of Darwin and Wallace. Rich in ethnographic observation and natural history, this volume stands as a landmark document of nineteenth-century scientific travel writing — leaving the reader to wonder what astonishing creature or hidden civilisation Bennett might yet uncover on the next page.