Title
Lives of labour; or, Incidents in the career of eminent naturalists and celebrated travellers
By
Brightwell, C. L. (Cecilia Lucy), 1811-1875
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
London, T. Nelson and sons, 1872
Notes
Added t.-p., illustrated.
These articles, with others, were published, 1861, under title: Romantic incidents in the lives of naturalists and celebrated travellers.
Contents: Linnæus naming the flowers.--Sketch of the life and wanderings of Le Vaillant.--Scenes in the life of Audubon.--Voyages of François Peron, the zoologist.--Bayard Taylor in the "Northern land."--Adanson's experience among the negroes.--Labours of Pierre Lyonnet, the entomologist.--Incidents in the lives of Latreille and d'Isjouvil.--Incidents in the life of Sonnini.--A sketch of the life of John Swammerdam.--Alexander von Humboldt.--An account of Joseph Dombey, the botanist.--An incident in the life of Dufresnoy.--Adventures of a missionary naturalist in the Nicobar islands.--Passages in the life of John Sibthorp.--Pages from the Abbé Domensch's diary.--Captain Mayne Reid and the quicksand.--Perilous adventure of Bishop Stanley in an Alpine pass.--Visit of M. Huc to the Lamasery of Kounboum.
Subjects
Natural history
,
Naturalists
Call Number
QH81 .B844 1872
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.21956
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/34036666
OCLC:
15520047
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51431821
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