A Voyage to China and the East Indies 2 Volume Set Together with a Voyage to Suratte, and an Account of the Chinese Husbandry, to Which Are Added, a Faunula and Flora Sinensis |
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| Author:
| Osbeck, Pehr
Torén, Olof
Ekeberg, Carl Gustaf |
| Translator:
| Forster, Johann Reinhold |
| Series title: | Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-06033-2 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Multiple-item retail product |
| List Price: | USD $96.99 |
Book Description:
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This 1771 two-volume work, edited and translated into English by Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-98), contains important writings by Swedish natural historians who travelled to Asia in the 1750s as pupils and followers of Carl Linnaeus. These pieces remain of interest to historical geographers as well as naturalists.
This 1771 two-volume work, edited and translated into English by Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-98), contains important writings by Swedish natural historians who travelled to Asia in the 1750s as pupils and followers of Carl Linnaeus. These pieces remain of interest to historical geographers as well as naturalists.