"For centuries, bird guano has played a pivotal role in the agricultural and economic development of Latin America, East Asia, and Oceania. As their populations ballooned during the Industrial Revolution, North American and European powers came to depend on this unique resource …
"For centuries, bird guano has played a pivotal role in the agricultural and economic development of Latin America, East Asia, and Oceania. As their populations ballooned during the Industrial Revolution, North American and European powers came to depend on this unique resource …
This book traces the history of bird guano, demonstrating how thisunique commodity helped unite the Pacific Basin with the industrialized world.
"For centuries, bird guano has played a pivotal role in the agricultural and economic development of Latin America, East Asia, and Oceania. As their populations ballooned during the Industrial Revolution, North American and European powers came to depend on this unique resource …
"For centuries, bird guano has played a pivotal role in the agricultural and economic development of Latin America, East Asia, and Oceania. As their populations ballooned during the Industrial Revolution, North American and European powers came to depend on this unique resource …
This book traces the history of bird guano, demonstrating how this unique commodity helped unite the Pacific Basin with the industrialized world.
by Jones, Mark, Thompson, David, Lynch, Heather J., Ryan, Peter, De Roy, Tui, De Roy, Tui, Cornthwaite, Julie, Ainley, David, Boersma, P. Dee, Boessenkool, Sanne, Chiaradia, André, Glass, Conrad, Ksepka, Daniel, Le Maho, Yvon, Morrison, Kyle W., Shawkey, Matthew, Vargas, Hernán, Wienecke, Barbara, Wilson, Rory P.
An acclaimed photographic guide to these marvelous and enigmatic birds--now in a new, updated editionPenguins are perhaps the most beloved birds. On land, their behavior appears so humorous and expressive that we can be excused for attributing to them moods and foibles similar t…
