The Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet / Georgius Everhardus Rumphius, Translated, edited, annotated, and with an introduction by E. M. Beekman
Publication details: New Haven Yale University Press 1999Description: 567pISBN: 9780300075342Subject(s): ZoologyDDC classification: 594.5 Summary: G. E. Rumphius, also known as the “Indian Pliny,” was one of the great tropical naturalists of the seventeenth century. Born in Germany, he spent most of his life in the employ of the Dutch East India Company, stationed on the island of Ambon in eastern Indonesia. He wrote two major works; this one, the first modern work on tropical fauna, was published posthumously in Dutch in 1705. A classic text of natural history, it is now available in English for the first time.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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G. E. Rumphius, also known as the “Indian Pliny,” was one of the great tropical naturalists of the seventeenth century. Born in Germany, he spent most of his life in the employ of the Dutch East India Company, stationed on the island of Ambon in eastern Indonesia. He wrote two major works; this one, the first modern work on tropical fauna, was published posthumously in Dutch in 1705. A classic text of natural history, it is now available in English for the first time.
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