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A naturalist in cannibal land

A naturalist in cannibal land

S. Meek, A.

Paperback

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ISBN10: 9353709938
ISBN13: 9789353709938
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 1 2019
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.72 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Step off the map and into Papua New Guinea at the height of the early 20th century, when science travelled by canoe and ridge track. It is not gentle travel. In A naturalist in cannibal land, A. S. Meek records an exacting natural history travelogue of remote collecting work, written with the brisk clarity, often terse, of a working field naturalist. This classic travel memoir blends expedition adventure nonfiction with sharp observations of New Guinea wildlife, terrain, weather, and the practical realities of bird collecting expeditions. He stays attentive to insects, plants, and the unromantic logistics of travel and fieldwork. Read today, the book also stands as colonial era ethnography: a period view of contact, trade, and the attitudes that shaped naming and narrative, offered without modern varnish. The language of its time is part of the record, inviting readers to weigh wonder against the forces at work. Meek's account belongs to the wider history of exploration and the tradition of Victorian exploration literature, capturing a moment when natural history, empire, and personal endurance were tightly bound. A window onto pre-aviation field science. For casual readers, it delivers momentum, danger, and discovery; for collectors, it remains a distinctive public domain reprint that documents the working methods behind museum specimens and the routes that fed them. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure, presented as an unabridged classic edition.

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