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Informationen zum Autor Richard G. Beidleman is Professor Emeritus of Biology at The Colorado College! and Research Associate at the University and Jepson Herbaria! University of California! Berkeley. He is coauthor! with L.H. Beidleman and B.E. Willard! of Plants of Rocky Mountain National Park (2000)! and! with R.R. Beidleman and L.H. Beidleman! of Annotated Bibliography of Colorado Vertebrate Zoology! 1776-1995 (2000). Klappentext "In California's Frontier Naturalists ! Richard Beidleman has eloquently chronicled the history of explorations and discovery that revealed the grand legacy of California's biodiversity. More than just a series of scholarly essays about naturalists! collections! and species! this book provides lively insight into the motivation that lured diverse naturalists to California's 'natural cornucopia'! their personalities! their remarkable experiences! and their lasting contributions."-Dieter Wilken! Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Zusammenfassung Chronicles the story of the enthusiastic, stalwart, and talented naturalists who were drawn to California's spectacular natural bounty over the decades from 1786, when the La Perouse Expedition arrived at Monterey, to the Death Valley expedition in 1890-91, the proclaimed 'end' of the American frontier. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Preface Prelude Captain Cook The Cornucopia of California Part I: The Oceanic Expeditions Part II: The Early Peripatetic Naturalists Part III: The Overland Expeditions and Their Naturalists Part IV: Iron Horses and River Steamers: The 1850s Surveys Part V: The California Geological Survey Part VI: Institutions and Naturalists Part VII: The Postwar Naturalists Postlude: The End of California's "Frontier" The Death Valley Expedition! 1890-1891 The Lingering California Frontier Selected References Index ...
