Book ID: CBB001033605

Rare and Curious: The Secret History of Governor Macquarie's Collectors' Chest (2010)

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Ellis, Elizabeth (Author)


Miegunyah Press


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: x + 275 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On colonial Australia's governor and his natural history cabinets displaying preserved butterflies, insects, birds, and painted panels.


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Review Holland, Julian (2010) Review of "Rare and Curious: The Secret History of Governor Macquarie's Collectors' Chest". Historical Records of Australian Science (p. 290). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Dowe, John Leslie
Moore, D. T.
Maroske, Sara
Yatsiuk, Iryna
Shmuely, Shira Dina
Bean, Anthony R.
Concepts
Naturalists
Natural history
Collectors and collecting
Botany
Biographies
Travel; exploration
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
16th century
17th century
Places
Australia
Great Britain
Atlantic world
Bath (England)
Atlantic Ocean
Estonia
Institutions
Habsburg, House of
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