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The botany of Cook's voyages and its unexpected significance in relation to anthropology, biogeography, and history

Elmer D Merrill (Elmer Drew) 1876-1956 James Cook 1728-1779

Waltham, Mass Chronica Botanica Co 1954

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  • Título:
    The botany of Cook's voyages and its unexpected significance in relation to anthropology, biogeography, and history
  • Autor: Elmer D Merrill (Elmer Drew) 1876-1956
  • James Cook 1728-1779
  • Assuntos: Botany -- Islands of the Pacific; Plant introduction; Botany, Economic; BOTÂNICA (DESCRIÇÃO E VIAGENS); FITOGEOGRAFIA
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references
  • Descrição: Chapter I. Introduction: Captain Cook's exploring expeditions in the Pacific Islands -- Chapter II. Banks, Solander and the two Forsters: history of Captain Cook's Second Voyage (1772-75) -- Chapter III. The Forster Herbarium -- Chapter IV. The real significance of the Banks and Solander Tahiti Collections of 1769 -- Chapter V. Early trade routes in relation to plant distribution -- Chapter VI. Disagreements between botanical facts and preconcceived theories in various fields -- Chapter VII. A consideration of certain "authorities": The late O.F. Cook's writings ; F.B.H. Brown's erratic writings ; Native food plants of the Polynesian Islands ; Early plant introduction activities ; Polynesian agriculture based on plants and animals introduced from outside the Pacific Islands ; F.B.H. Brown ; George F. Carter ; T. Heyerdahl and his "theories" behind the Kon-Tiki Expedition ; Carl Sauer ; Edgar Anderson ; Jonathan D. Sauer's excellent study of the grain amaranths ; R.C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Sr. ; Leo Wiener ; Further remarks on the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatos) controversy ; On vernacular names of economic plants ; H.N. Stevens on the prevalent practice of writing on historic aubjects without first verifying the sources of information -- Chapter VIII. On the binomials appearing in Parkinson's Journal (1773) -- Chapter IX. The Linnaean binomials used by Parkinson -- Chapter X. The new and mostly unlisted technical names in Parkinson's Journal (1773) -- Additional notes: Further notes on the history of maize ; Maize in Europe ; "American Fruits" on murals at Pompeii ; Bixa across the Pacific ; Further notes on Gossypium ; Concluding remarks on the origin of the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) ; Colmeiro's bibliography
  • Títulos relacionados: Série:Chronica botanica v. 14, no. 5/6
  • Editor: Waltham, Mass Chronica Botanica Co
  • Data de criação/publicação: 1954
  • Formato: [164]-384 pages illustrations, portraits 26 cm.
  • Idioma: Inglês
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