A Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica

by Philip Henry Gosse and Richard Hill

Book Overview

The English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse (1810-88) travelled to Jamaica in 1844 and stayed for eighteen months to observe the diverse wildlife there. Upon his return he described his findings in a trilogy of books. The first two examined the island's birds - he has been hailed as the 'father of Jamaican ornithology' - but he used the present work, first published in 1851, to describe all the other forms of life on the island, from beetles to fruit...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110806373X
• ISBN13: 9781108063739
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"