Whether looking for the sources of the Nile, the Niger, or the Amazon, penetrating the Australian outback, or searching for the Northwest Passage, the Victorians were intrepid explorers, zealously expanding the limits of science and human knowledge. In Bright Paradise , Peter Raby describes brave voyages and gives us vivid and unforgettable portraits of the larger-than-life personalities of Charles Darwin, Alfred Wallace, and Henry Bates, glorious examples of Victorian energy and confidence. He also explores wider issues ...
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Whether looking for the sources of the Nile, the Niger, or the Amazon, penetrating the Australian outback, or searching for the Northwest Passage, the Victorians were intrepid explorers, zealously expanding the limits of science and human knowledge. In Bright Paradise , Peter Raby describes brave voyages and gives us vivid and unforgettable portraits of the larger-than-life personalities of Charles Darwin, Alfred Wallace, and Henry Bates, glorious examples of Victorian energy and confidence. He also explores wider issues such as the growth of knowledge and the spread of the empire. Witty, provocative, and exciting in the breadth of its research, this book charts an important period of scientific advance and transforms it into a compelling narrative.
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Very Good with no dust jacket; Soft Cover; Princeton University Press; 1997. Princeton. Very Good with no dust jacket; Soft Cover; Princeton University Press; 1997. 0691048436. Raby, Peter. Bright Paradise Victorian Scientific Travellers. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 276 pages. Illustrated soft cover wraps, very good with light shelfwear. Black and white illustrations thru out. 276 pages with bibliographical notes and index.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
