Henry Smeathman, the Flycatcher: Natural History, Slavery, and Empire in the Late Eighteenth Century by Deirdre Coleman

Henry Smeathman, the Flycatcher: Natural History, Slavery, and Empire in the Late Eighteenth Century

Deirdre Coleman

336 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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In 1771 Joseph Banks and other wealthy collectors sent a talented, self-taught naturalist to Sierra Leone to collect all things rare and curious, from moths to monkeys. Henry Smeathman's expedition to the West African coast, which coincided with a...

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