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Audubon at Sea: The Coastal and Transatlantic Adventures of John James Audubon (2022)

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This one-of-a-kind, lavishly illustrated anthology celebrates Audubon’s connection to the sea through both his words and art.   The American naturalist John James Audubon (1785–1851) is widely remembered for his iconic paintings of American birdlife. But as this anthology makes clear, Audubon was also a brilliant writer—and his keen gaze took in far more than creatures of the sky. Culled from his published and unpublished writings, Audubon at Sea explores Audubon’s diverse observations of the ocean, the coast, and their human and animal inhabitants. With Audubon expert Christoph Irmscher and scholar of the sea Richard J. King as our guides, we set sail from the humid expanses of the American South to the shores of England and the chilly landscapes of the Canadian North. We learn not only about the diversity of sea life Audubon documented—birds, sharks, fish, and whales—but also about life aboard ship, travel in early America, Audubon’s work habits, and the origins of beloved paintings. As we face an unfathomable loss of seabirds today, Audubon’s warnings about the fragility of birdlife in his time are prescient and newly relevant. Charting the course of Audubon’s life and work, from his birth in Haiti to his death in New York City, Irmscher and King’s sweeping introduction and carefully drawn commentary confront the challenges Audubon’s legacy poses for us today, including his participation in American slavery and the thousands of birds he killed for his art. Rounded out by hundreds of historical and ornithological notes and beautiful illustrations, and with a foreword by distinguished photographer and conservationist Subhankar Banerjee, Audubon at Sea is the most comprehensively annotated collection of Audubon’s work ever published.

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Review Debra Lindsay (2023) Review of "Audubon at Sea: The Coastal and Transatlantic Adventures of John James Audubon". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 437-438). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Martin A. Sidor
Lederer, Roger J.
Peter B. Logan
Taylor, W. Thomas
Souder, William
Rhodes, Richard
Concepts
Ornithology
Science and art
Biographies
Natural history
Scientific illustration
Great Britain, colonies
Time Periods
19th century
Early modern
Modern
18th century
Places
United States
Edinburgh
Québec (Canada)
London (England)
North America
Canada
Institutions
National Audubon Society
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