Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery by Rea Alexandratos, David Attenborough, Susan Owens, Martin Clayton

Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery

Rea Alexandratos, David Attenborough, Susan Owens, Martin Clayton

223 pages hardcover 2007

5 editions

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From the fifteenth century onwards, as European explorers sailed forth on grand voyages of discovery, their encounters with exotic plants and animals fanned intense scientific interest. Scholars began to examine nature with fresh eyes, and pioneer...

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