Book ID: 75472
Duyker, E.
Nature's argonaut: Daniel Solander, 1753 - 1782. Naturalist and voyager with Cook and Banks. 1998. (Miegunyah Press Series,2). 36 p. of illustrations. XX, 380 p.
The author pays particular attention to Solander's role as a naturaliston the ENDEAVOUR during the ship's voyage along the east coast ofAustralia and his pioneering contribution to the scientific study ofthe new continent.- Contents: Pitea/ Uppsala/ The Apostle Sets Out/London/ Speculum Britanniae/ British Museum/ Espionage/ The Riches inStore/ No People Ever Went Out Better Equipped/ Trade Winds to Rio/Tierra del Fuego/ Appointments with Venus/ New Zealand/ Botany Bay/The Great Barrier Reef/ The Homeward Passage / Solander Célèbre/O'er the Isles to Iceland / A Voyager No More.