Penguins, pineapples & pangolins: first encounters with the exotic
Claire Cock-Starkey • The British Library • ISBN-13 978‑0712356367
Penguins, pineapples & pangolins: first encounters with the exotic
Claire Cock-Starkey • The British Library
ISBN-10: 0712356363 · ISBN-13: 978‑0712356367 · 2016
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Drawing from the extensive archives of the British Library, this volume chronicles the early European discovery and documentation of unfamiliar flora and fauna. Through a curated selection of historical illustrations and travel accounts, the text examines how explorers and naturalists first interpreted the exotic species they encountered during the age of global discovery.
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