Among the islands

Among the islands

by Flannery, Tim F., (Tim Fridtjof)

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Twenty-five years ago, a young curator of mammals from the Australian Museum in Sydney set out to research the fauna of the Pacific Islands. With accounts of discovering, naming and sometimes eating new mammal species; being thwarted or aided by local customs; and historic scientific expeditions, Tim Flannery takes us on an enthralling journey.

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  • Full title :Among the islands / Tim Flannery.

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Twenty-five years ago, a young curator of mammals from the Australian Museum in Sydney set out to research the fauna of the Pacific Islands. With accounts of discovering, naming and sometimes eating new mammal species; being thwarted or aided by local customs; and historic scientific expeditions, Tim Flannery takes us on an enthralling journey.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2011

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"First published in Australia in 2011 by The Text Publishing Company"--Title page verso.

The Physical Object

  • Description:246 pages, 8 pages of plates : : color illustrations, map ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780802120403, 0802120407
  • oclc:ocn814230235
  • LC Classification:CT9971.F53
  • Dewey Decimal:910.92

Table of Contents

pt. 1. In the realm of the Sunbird. Woodlark, the wandering isle ; Arrival of the Snake Man ; Alcester, the lonely isle ; Goodenough not near enough ; Island of lepers -- pt. 2. Bismarck's Isles. Manus ; New Ireland, and travelling in time -- pt. 3. The Solomon Islands. Guadalcanal : emperor, king, and Little Pig ; Probing towards the summit ; Makira's mysterious rat ; Malaita ; The face never seen ; Poncelet's giant and the last great forest -- pt. 4. Fiji and New Caledonia. Bats at the limit ; Fiji's garden Isle ; Nouvelle Calédonie ; The mystery of Mont Panié.

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Adventure and adventurers Adventure and adventurers -- Biography.… Animals Animals -- Islands of the Pacific Biographies Bismarckarchipel Entdeckungsreise Ethnologie Fidschi Flannery, Tim F., (Tim Fridtjof) Islands of the Pacific -- Description a… Neukaledonien Nonfiction Pacific Ocean -- Islands of the Pacific Pacifique, Îles du -- Descriptions et v… Récits de voyages Salomoninseln Säugetiere Scientists Scientists -- Biography. -- Islands of …

Writers

Flannery, Tim F., (Tim Fridtjof)

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