The Birds of Australia, Vol. 2 of 7 by John Gould
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"The Birds of Australia, Vol. 2 of 7" by John Gould is a natural history survey published between 1840 and 1848. This groundbreaking work presents the first comprehensive documentation of Australian birds, describing 681 species through hand-colored lithographic plates. Created after Gould's two-year collecting expedition to Australia with his wife Elizabeth, the book introduced 328 species previously unknown to Western science. The plates combine Elizabeth Gould's original drawings with contributions from other
artists, capturing the remarkable diversity of Australia's avian life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Gould, John, 1804-1881 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Birds of Australia, Vol. 2 of 7 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_of_Australia_(Gould) |
| Credits |
Produced by Richard Tonsing, MWS, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 61.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | QL: Science: Zoology |
| Subject | Birds -- Australia -- Pictorial works |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 60302 |
| Release Date | Sep 15, 2019 |
| Last Update | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 418 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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