Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 18401844 by Richard ... - 9781108023375

Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 18401844In Auftrag Sr. Mjestat des Knigs von Preussen\nAuthor(s): Richard Schomburgk\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108023375, 978-1108023375\nSynopsis\nRichard Schomburgk [tel] accompanied his brother Robert Hermann Schomburgk on his mission to survey the boundary of British Guiana (his account is also reissued in this series). Richard was commissioned by the Prussian government to find new flora, fauna and ethnographical specimens for the Berlin Botanic Gardens and the royal museums. The publication in [tel] in Germany of this three-volume account of the expedition was supported by Alexander von Humboldt, who was a close friend. The third volume epecially was considered a major taxonomical work. Schomburgk contracted yellow fever, and found the preservation and transportation of his specimens difficult in the climate, many perishing before they got t.