Drawn from Paradise (Inbunden)
avSir David Attenborough, Errol Fuller
ISBN: 9780007487615 - UTGIVEN: 201208Drawn from Paradise is David Attenborough's journey through the cultural history of the birds of paradise, one of the most exquisite and extravagant, colourful and intriguing families of birds. From the moment they were introduced to the European mind in the early sixteenth century, their unique bea[...]
Drawn from Paradise: The Natural History, Art and Discovery of the Birds of Paradise with Rare Archival Art (Inbunden)
avDavid Attenborough, Errol Fuller
ISBN: 9780062234681 - UTGIVEN: 201210From the moment Europeans were introduced to the birds of paradise in the early sixteenth century, their unique beauty was recognized and commemorated in the first name that they were given - birds so beautiful they must be from paradise. Originally they were thought not to have legs and therefore n[...]
Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record (Inbunden)
avErrol Fuller
ISBN: 9780691161372 - UTGIVEN: 2014-02A photograph of an extinct animal evokes a greater feeling of loss than any painting ever could. Often black and white or tinted sepia, these remarkable images have been taken mainly in zoos or wildlife parks, and in some cases depict the last known individual of the species. "Lost Animals" is a uni[...]
The Passenger Pigeon (Inbunden)
avErrol Fuller
ISBN: 9780691162959 - UTGIVEN: 2014-09At the start of the nineteenth century, Passenger Pigeons were perhaps the most abundant birds on the planet, numbering literally in the billions. The flocks were so large and so dense that they blackened the skies, even blotting out the sun for days at a stretch. Yet by the end of the century, the [...]
Mammoths (Inbunden)
avErrol Fuller
ISBN: 9781593730185 - UTGIVEN: 2004-06This book tells the story of the Mammoth, how it lived and died and how its memory lives on in the present day. The Mammoth, with its shaggy coat, enormous tusks, and ponderous presence, is one of the great icons of extinction. It is also one of the few prehistoric creatures that is known not only f[...]
