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04052aam a2200469 i 4500 001 23CFB1A278F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220119010213 008 210327t20212021sz abc b 001 0deng d 020 $a 9783030748586 020 $a 3030748588 035 $a (OCoLC)1243351377 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OHX $d UKMGB $d MNU $d OCLCF $d GZM $d MTG $d NUI $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 100 1 $a Schwartz, Joel S., $d 1940- $e author. 245 10 $a Robert Brown and Mungo Park : $b travels and explorations in natural history for the Royal Society / $c Joel Schwartz. 264 1 $a Cham, Switzerland : $b Springer, $c [2021] 300 $a xvii, 212 pages : $b illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits (some color) ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, $x 0077-8931 ; $v 122 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-205) and index. 505 0 $a Scientific Ferment in late Eighteenth-Century Edinburgh -- Scientific Exploration During Voyages of Discovery -- "... the plants of Scotland might be equally useful" -- Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa -- A good practical Botanist -- So remote a country as New Holland -- The Crew laboring under the Same disorder -- Mungo Park's Last Journey -- A Tedious and Uncomfortable Passage -- Prodromus, Florae Novae Hollandiae -- Banks's Librarian -- Taking leave of Sir Joseph Banks -- Pollen Grains of Clarkia pulchella -- Epilogue: The greatest of Banksian botanist-librarians. 520 $a Explorer-naturalists Robert Brown and Mungo Park played a pivotal role in the development of natural history and exploration in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This work is a fresh examination of the lives and careers of Brown and Park and their impact on natural history and exploration. Brown and Park were part of a group of intrepid naturalists who brought back some of the flora and fauna they encountered, drawings of what they observed, and most importantly, their ideas. The educated public back home was able to gain an understanding of the diversity in nature. This eventually led to the development of new ways of regarding the natural world and the eventual development of a coherent theory of organic evolution. This book considers these naturalists, Brown, Park, and their contemporaries, from the perspective of the Scottish Enlightenment. Brown's investigations in natural history created a fertile environment for breakthroughs in taxonomy, cytology, and eventually evolution. Brown's pioneering work in plant taxonomy allowed biologists to look at the animal and plant kingdoms differently. Park's adventures stimulated significant discoveries in exploration. Brown and Park's adventures formed a bridge to such journeys as Charles Darwin's voyage on H.M.S. Beagle, which led to a revolution in biology and full explication of the theory of evolution--Page 4 of cover. 600 10 $a Brown, Robert, $d 1773-1858. 600 10 $a Park, Mungo, $d 1771-1806. 650 0 $a Naturalists $z Great Britain. 650 0 $a Natural history $z Great Britain $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Natural history $z Great Britain $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Scientific expeditions $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Scientific expeditions $x History $y 19th century. 600 17 $a Brown, Robert, $d 1773-1858. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00143919 600 17 $a Park, Mungo, $d 1771-1806. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00017097 650 7 $a Natural history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01034268 650 7 $a Naturalists. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01034543 650 7 $a Scientific expeditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01108847 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 648 7 $a 1700-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 773 18 $w 990008805690202771 $g no:31858071294049 830 0 $a Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden ; $v v. 122. $x 0077-8931 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117023605.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=23CFB1A278F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search