The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage;
- Title
- The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage; comp. from the collections and notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition, during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's Straits performed in His Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey ... in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28, by J. Richardson ... N. A. Vigors ... G. T. Lay ... E. T. Bennett ... Richard Owen ... John E. Gray ... Rev. W. Buckland ... and G. B. Sowerby ... Illustrated with upwards of fifty finely coloured plates by Sowerby. Pub. under the authority of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty.
- Author
- Published by
- London, H.G. Bohn, 1839.
- Format
- Book/text
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| Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328. | AccessRestricted use | Call numberStuart 12809 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
| Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328. | AccessRestricted use | Call numberQGY+ (Beechey, F. W. Zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage) | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
Details
- Additional authors
- Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865
- Vigors, N. A. (Nicholas Alyward), 1785-1840
- Lay, G. Tradescant (George Tradescant)
- Bennett, Edward Turner, 1797-1836
- Owen, Richard, 1804-1892
- Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875
- Sowerby, George Brettingham, 1788-1854
- Buckland, William, 1784-1856
- Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877
- Collie, Alexander, -1835
- Great Britain. Admiralty
- Description
- xii, 180 (i.e. 186) p. XLIV col. pl., 3 maps (1 fold.); 28 x 22 cm.
- Subject
- Contents
- Introduction [by F. W. Beechey]--Mammalia, by J. Richardson.--Ornithology, by N. A. Vigors.--Fishes, by G. T. Lay, and E. T. Bennett.--Crustacea, by R. Owen.--Reptiles, by J. E. Gray.--Batrachians, by J. E. Gray.--Molluscous animals, and their shells, by J. E. Gray [and G. B. Sowerby]--Geology [ed. by W. Buckland, from the notes of Lieut. Belcher and of Mr. A. Collie]
- Call number
- Stuart 12809
- Language
- English
- Author
- Beechey, Frederick William, 1796-1856, ed.
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- LCCN
- 06014952