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