The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage

By

Beechey, F. W. (Frederick William), 1796-1856
Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877
Bennett, Edward Turner, 1797-1836
Buckland, William, 1784-1856
Collie, Alexander
Gray, John Edward 1800-1875
Landseer, Thomas, 1795-1880
Lay, George Tradescant, 1799-1845
Lear, Edward, 1812-1888
Owen, Richard, 1804-1892
Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865
Sowerby, George Brettingham, 1788-1854
Sowerby, James de Carle, 1787-1871
Vigors, N. A.‏ ‎ (Nicholas Aylward),‏ ‎ 1785-1840
Zeitter, John Christian, 1862
Great Britain. Admiralty.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, H.G. Bohn, 1839

Notes

Includes an extra plate numbered LXV.

"Howlett and Son, printers ... Soho"--Verso of t.p.

Hand-colored ill.

Plates accompanied by blank tissue guard-sheets.

Plates drawn by E. Lear, J.D.C. Sowerby, and Zeitter, and engraved by T. Landseer and Zeitter; maps drawn and coloured by Lieut. E. Belcher.

The adjusted page count includes pages numbered 9* through 13*, inserted as "Additional observations" after the Mammalia section.

Contents: Introduction [by F.W. Beechey]--Mammalia, by J. Richardson.--Ornithology, by N.A. Vigors.--Fishes, by G.T. Lay, and E.T. Bennett.--Crustacea, by R. Owen.--Reptiles, by J.E. Gray.--Batrachians, by J.E. Gray.--Molluscous animals, and their shells, by J.E. Gray [and G.B. Sowerby]--Geology [ed. by W. Buckland, from the notes of Lieut. Belcher and of Mr. A. Collie].

Contents: Introduction [by F. W. Beechey]--Mammalia, by J. Richardson.--Ornithology, by N. A. Vigors.--Fishes, by G. T. Lay, and E. T. Bennett.--Crustacea, by R. Owen.--Reptiles, by J. E. Gray.--Batrachians, by J. E. Gray.--Molluscous animals, and their shells, by J. E. Gray [and G. B. Sowerby]--Geology [ed. by W. Buckland, from the notes of Lieut. Belcher and of Mr. A. Collie]

BM (Nat. hist.), | v. I, p. 122

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, | I, 285

Subjects

America , Blossom (Ship) , Geology , Oceania , Zoology

Call Number

QL5 .B4

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.39296
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/06014952
OCLC: 4512106
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q110444259