Bright Paradise: Victorian Scientific Travellers by Peter Raby

Bright Paradise: Victorian Scientific Travellers

Peter Raby

292 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science adventurous informative slow-paced
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Whether looking for the sources of the Nile, the Niger, or the Amazon, penetrating the Australian outback, or searching for the Northwest Passage, the Victorians were intrepid explorers, zealously expanding the limits of science and human knowledg...

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