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The Collector

David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest

Jack Nisbet (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

290 Seiten

2009
Sasquatch Books (Verlag)
978-1-57061-613-6 (ISBN)

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Jack Nisbet first told the story of British explorer David Thompson, who mapped the Columbia River, in his acclaimed Sources of the River. That book set the standard for research and narrative biography for the region. Now Nisbet turns his attention to David Douglas, the premier botanical explorer in the Pacific Northwest and other areas of western North America. Douglas' discoveries include hundreds of western plants -- most notably the Douglas Fir. The Collector tracks Douglas' fascinating history, from his humble birth in Scotland in 1799 to his botanical training under the famed William Jackson Hooker to his adventures in North America discovering exotic new plants for the English and European market. The book takes readers along on Douglas' journeys into a literal brave new world of then-obscure realms from Puget Sound to the Sandwich Islands. In telling Douglas' story, Nisbet evokes a lost world of early exploration, pristine nature, ambition, and cultural and class conflict with surprisingly modern resonances.

Jack Nisbet is a historian, teacher, and author focusing on the intersection of human history and natural history in the Pacific Northwest. His "Sources of the River" won the Murray Morgan Prize from the Washington State Historical Society.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.10.2012
Zusatzinfo	Maps; Illustrations, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	145 x 218 mm
Gewicht	476 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
ISBN-10	1-57061-613-2 / 1570616132
ISBN-13	978-1-57061-613-6 / 9781570616136
Zustand	Neuware