The amazing world of James Hector / edited by Simon Nathan and Mary Varnham.
Material type: TextPublisher: Wellington, N.Z. : Awa Science, 2008Description: 185 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0958275076
- 9780958275071
- 993.02092 22
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 993.02092 AMA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A441235B |
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993.02 WIL War in the tussock : Te Kooti and the battle at Te Porere / | 993.02 WRI Fighting past each other : the New Zealand Wars 1845-1875 / | 993.02092 ALL Dear tyrant : an extraordinary colonial life / | 993.02092 AMA The amazing world of James Hector / | 993.02092 CAM Young Logan Campbell / | 993.02092 COL Give your thoughts life : William Colenso's letters to the editor / | 993.02092 COL The hungry heart : journeys with William Colenso / |
Cover subtitle: Explorer, geologist, botanist, natural historian, surgeon and one of New Zealand's most remarkable figures.
Contributors: John Adam, Tim Beaglehole, Louise Beaumont, Walter Cook, Ewan Fordyce, George Gibbs, Chris Hector, Peter Hector, Tony Hocken, Conal McCarthy, Jock Phillips, Francis Reid, Winsome Shepherd, Ian Speden, Simon Nathan.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-167) and index.
Introduction / Hamish Campbell -- Surveying Canda : The Palliser expedition / Peter Hector -- Exploring the South : Otago Provincial Government / Tony Hocken -- Mapping the country : New Zealand geological survey / Ian Speden -- Displaying natural history : Colonial museum / Conal McCarthy -- Promoting science : New Zealand institute / Francis Lucian Reid -- Planting for prosperity : Colonial botanic garden / Winsome Shepherd and Walter Cook -- Forecasting the weather and telling the time : Meteorological Department and colonial observatory / Jock Phillips -- Educating - or examining? : University of New Zealand / Tim Beaglehole -- Running the show : Scientific empire / Simon Nathan -- Studying plants and animals : New Zealand biology / George Gibbs -- Unveiling the past : Vertebrate fossils / Ewan Fordyce -- Settling down : Husband and father / Chris Hector -- Living at Ratanui : Man of property / John Adam and Louise Beaumont -- Being honoured : Pioneer man of science / Simon Nathan.
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