The Noble Quest
Explorers and Adventurers in a Golden Age of Scientific Discovery
2026
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-83705-048-2 (ISBN)
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-83705-048-2 (ISBN)
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Profiling 9 important naturalists of the pre-Darwinian age who set off to quantify, categorize and rationally explain the New World
During a golden age of science, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there was a dedicated drive to accurately categorise nature and explain the natural world. Many enthusiastic naturalists, amateur and professional, set off to collect and classify plants and animals across the New World, and many of these finds still bear the names of those who discovered them today.
The Noble Quest, previously Sightseers & Scholars: Scientific Travellers in the Golden Age of Natural History, features a new introduction that considers the growing catastrophic trend in species extinction today. The nine important individuals featured in the book encompass early naturalists William Bartram and Alexander von Humboldt; inquisitive aristocrats Charles Waterton and Prince Maximilian of Wied; professional collectors David Douglas, John Kirk Townsend and John Richardson; and the last of the field naturalists Henry Walter Bates and John Wesley Powell. All faced great adventures and hardship as they undertook their groundbreaking work, which makes for great armchair travel today.
During a golden age of science, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there was a dedicated drive to accurately categorise nature and explain the natural world. Many enthusiastic naturalists, amateur and professional, set off to collect and classify plants and animals across the New World, and many of these finds still bear the names of those who discovered them today.
The Noble Quest, previously Sightseers & Scholars: Scientific Travellers in the Golden Age of Natural History, features a new introduction that considers the growing catastrophic trend in species extinction today. The nine important individuals featured in the book encompass early naturalists William Bartram and Alexander von Humboldt; inquisitive aristocrats Charles Waterton and Prince Maximilian of Wied; professional collectors David Douglas, John Kirk Townsend and John Richardson; and the last of the field naturalists Henry Walter Bates and John Wesley Powell. All faced great adventures and hardship as they undertook their groundbreaking work, which makes for great armchair travel today.
STEPHEN R. BOWN is the best-selling author of 12 internationally published books of literary non-fiction on the history of science, exploration and ideas. He is winner of the Governor General’s History Award, the National Business Book Award, and the J.W. Dafoe Prize. He lives in Canada.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 12.2.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 20 Illustrations, color; 83 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Stroud |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-83705-048-1 / 1837050481 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-83705-048-2 / 9781837050482 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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