The Life Of North American Insects - Couverture souple

Jaeger, B

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0548635412 ISBN 13 : 9780548635414

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2007

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The first attempt at forming aM useum iu Britain, was made early in the seventeenth century, by John Tradescant, a native of Holland, during the reign of Elizabeth. He travelled, patronized by theL ord Treasurer Salisbury and Lord Wooton, into various parts of Europe, and in 1620 was on board of a vessel forming part of a fleet sent against the A lgerines. A vailing himself of that opportunity of pursuing his favourite studies, he collected specimens of Natural History and mostly plants from Barbary and theM editerranean I slands, and a few years after, we find him settled at Lambeth, where he founded a celebrated Botanic Garden. There he established his Museum, which was the wonder of the age, and was known as Tradescant sA rk. It was much frequented by the principal nobility, who contributed specimens, and among the names of those contributors appear those of the King and Queen, Archbishop Laud, theD uke and Duchess of Buckingham, c. John Tradescant died about 1652, and his son, with whom the family became extinct, bestowed the collection onE lias A shmole, who materially increased it in various departments, and offered to give the whole to the University ofO xford, provided they would erect a building fit to receive it. This was immediately granted, the building erected, and called the Ashmolean Museum. The Spider-wort is known in our botanical works under the name ofT radescantia Virginica, in honour of him.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0548635412
• ISBN 13: 9780548635414
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 324
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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