Tony Rice received his first degree and PhD in Marine Biology from the University of Liverpool. He worked as a curator of crustacean at the Natural History Museum, London, then spent 26 years leading the deep-sea benthic biology team at the Natural Environment research Council's Institute of Oceanographic Sciences. He now concentrates on writing books and acting as a marine environmental consultant.
"A rare and beautiful selection of works handpicked from the vast archives of London's Natural History Museum." ""The book's greatest contribution is to showcase the work of the artists who, usually under very difficult circumstances, so brilliantly served science and opened Western eyes to new worlds."" - School Library Journal (on the original edition) Voyages of Discovery is a mesmerizing visual survey of the most significant discoveries in the history of natural science exploration. Superb artwork and photographs spanning three centuries document landmark advances made in the field and bring to life the fascinating stories of the explorers, naturalists, artists and photographers. The book is fully illustrated in color with informative text and captions. Highlights include: Sir Hans Sloane's 1687 voyage to Jamaica, where he collected and recorded plant specimens, including cocoa, which are preserved to this day Maria Sybilla Merian's personal journey to Surinam in 1699, where in brilliant detail she recorded butterflies and exotic insects Charles Darwin's fateful trip to the Galapagos Islands, on which he cataloged finches and fossils William Bartram's fanciful documentation of North American wildlife Matthew Flinders' mapping of Australia, where he was accompanied by Ferdinand Bauer, perhaps the greatest of all natural science artists. The Natural History Museum in London has the world's most comprehensive collection of natural science specimens and artworks. Voyages of Discovery offers readers a privileged opportunity to explore that collection.
不同的读者看这本书能看出完全不同的东西,包括资本主义早期的航海活动,伦敦自然史博物馆里令人敬仰的收藏,相机发明以前的标本采集与图画绘制手法,精致而古老的手绘插图,人类引以为傲的勇气与探索精神……他们都在本书里有相当充分的表现,不过我读完之后最大的感受是...
评分总觉得博物学是一门颇贵气的学问,非是要有些资本的贵族才玩的起,你总得带一队人马,跋山涉水,远离人类日常活动的区域,甚至要到地球的另外一头去收集常人所不曾见识过的矿石,树叶,动物标本。若不是有闲阶级,怕是没功夫也没时间去做的。 也因此,印...
评分这是一本美丽的书,为我们呈现了前人在探险中留下的图像记录。 在达尔文乃至更早的时代中,人类对外部世界的了解是非常有限的,从英国到中国需要8个月以上的航程,除了海难的风险之外,当时人们面对许多疾病几乎束手无策,此外还有孤独、气候不适应等。然而,始终有一种力量在...
评分原本只是抱着那么一点点好奇心开始阅读这本书的,对于自然探险,我不能说很热衷,但是自己很喜欢自然风景,喜欢一部分样貌还算温和的生物,而对于部分不洁或者凶猛的动植物是比较排斥的。及至阅读前几个章节,我已经开始慢慢欣赏探险者们所保留下来的杰作啦!那个时候,大部分...
评分在令人神往的地理大发现的年代,处处充满了传奇。新的大陆不断被发现,新的物种不断被认识,在短短几个世纪内,人类的认知领域迅速扩大,很快,地球上就几乎不存在人类未踏足过的大陆了。在这些传奇的旅程之中,人类的先行者们是如何描述展现在他们面前的新世界的呢?通过记述...
算是摸过吧,直白的描述还是让我提不起兴趣
评分算是摸过吧,直白的描述还是让我提不起兴趣
评分算是摸过吧,直白的描述还是让我提不起兴趣
评分算是摸过吧,直白的描述还是让我提不起兴趣
评分算是摸过吧,直白的描述还是让我提不起兴趣
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