William Wilson Hunter's Books

History of India

From the First European Settlements to the Founding of the English East India Company

By: Sir William Wilson Hunter

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History of India

From the First European Settlements to the Founding of the English East India Company

By: Sir William Wilson Hunter

First published in 1906, this classic nine-volume history of the nation of India places it among the storied lands of antiquity, alongside Egypt, China, and Mesopotamia. Edited by American academic ABRAHAM VALENTINE WILLIAMS JACKSON (18621937), professor of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University, it offers a highly readable narrative of the Indian people and culture through to the time of its publication, when the nation was still part of the British Empire. Volume VI, Part 1 of From the First European Settlements to the Founding of the English East India Company, by British scholar SIR WILLIAM WILSON HUNTER (1840-1900), features entertaining and enlightening treatments of: [ the closing of the old trade paths [ the quest for India by sea [ the struggle between Christendom and Islam for the Indian seas [ the Portuguese policy in the East [ Englands attempts to reach India in the 16th century [ the constitution of the first English East Indian Company [ and more. This beautiful replica of the 1906 first edition includes all the original illustrations.

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370

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Cosimo, Inc.

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1605205001

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9781605205007

Under a Wild Sky

John James Audubon and the Making of The Birds of America

By: William Souder

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John James Audubon and the Making of The Birds of America

By: William Souder

In this Pulitzer Prize–finalist biography, the author of Mad at the World examines the little-known life of the man behind the well-known bird survey. John James Audubon is renowned for his masterpiece of natural history and art, The Birds of America, the first nearly comprehensive survey of the continent’s birdlife. And yet few people understand, and many assume incorrectly, what sort of man he was. How did the illegitimate son of a French sea captain living in Haiti, who lied both about his parentage and his training, rise to become one of the greatest natural historians ever and the greatest name in ornithology? In Under a Wild Sky this Pulitzer Prize finalist, William Souder reveals that Audubon did not only compose the most famous depictions of birds the world has ever seen, but he also composed a brilliant mythology of self. In this dazzling work of biography, Souder charts the life of a driven man who, despite all odds, became the historical figure we know today. “A meticulous biography and a fascinating portrait of a young nation.”—San Francisco Chronicle “As richly endowed and densely packed as the forests of Audubon’s day.”—Minneapolis Star-Tribune “Deftly weaves together the story of the self-taught artist and naturalist…with the development of scientific inquiry in the early years of the republic and the lives of ordinary Americans as the new nation spilled westward over the mountains from the Eastern seaboard.”—Los Angeles Times

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393

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Milkweed Editions

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1571319239

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9781571319234

Wilson's Creek

The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It

By: William Garrett Piston,Richard W. Hatcher, III

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The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It

By: William Garrett Piston,Richard W. Hatcher, III

In the summer of 1861, Americans were preoccupied by the question of which states would join the secession movement and which would remain loyal to the Union. This question was most fractious in the border states of Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. In Mi

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436

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807855758

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9780807855751

Alexander Wilson

The Scot Who Founded American Ornithology

By: Edward H. Burtt Jr.,William E. Davis Jr.

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Alexander Wilson

The Scot Who Founded American Ornithology

By: Edward H. Burtt Jr.,William E. Davis Jr.

Audubon was not the father of American ornithology. That honorific belongs to Alexander Wilson, whose encyclopedic American Ornithology established a distinctive approach that emphasized the observation of live birds. In the first full-length study to reproduce all of Wilson’s unpublished drawings for the nine-volume Ornithology, Edward Burtt and William Davis illustrate Wilson’s pioneering and, today, underappreciated achievement as the first ornithologist to describe the birds of the North American wilderness. Abandoning early ambitions to become a poet in the mold of his countryman Robert Burns, Wilson emigrated from Scotland to settle near Philadelphia, where the botanist William Bartram encouraged his proclivity for art and natural history. Wilson traveled 12,000 miles on foot, on horseback, in a rowboat, and by stage and ship, establishing a network of observers along the way. He wrote hundreds of accounts of indigenous birds, discovered many new species, and sketched the behavior and ecology of each species he encountered. Drawing on their expertise in both science and art, Burtt and Davis show how Wilson defied eighteenth-century conventions of biological illustration by striving for realistic depiction of birds in their native habitats. He drew them in poses meant to facilitate identification, making his work the model for modern field guides and an inspiration for Audubon, Spencer Fullerton Baird, and other naturalists who followed. On the bicentennial of his death, this beautifully illustrated volume is a fitting tribute to Alexander Wilson and his unique contributions to ornithology, ecology, and the study of animal behavior.

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Harvard University Press

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0674073770

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9780674073777

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History of India

History of India

Under a Wild Sky

Under a Wild Sky

Wilson's Creek

Wilson's Creek

Alexander Wilson

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