The book of palms : = Das Buch der Palmen = Le livre des palmiers / Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. Text by H. Walter Lack. [English translation: Karen Williams. French translation: Michèle Schreyer]

Reprinted from Historia naturalis palmarum: opus tripartitum (Natural History of Palms: a work in three volumes) by Karl Friedrich Philip von Martius, published between 1823-1853. At the time, this encyclopedic treasury contained the sum of human knowledge on the topic, and included 240 exquisite chromolithographic illustrations, including landscape views of palm habitats and botanical dissections. This epic folio was based on Martius's expedition to Brazil and Peru with zoologist Johann Baptist von Spix, sponsored by King Maximilian I of Bavaria, to investigate natural history and native tribes. From 1817 to 1820 the pair traveled over 2,250 km (1,400 miles) throughout the Amazon basin, the most species-rich palm region in the world, collecting and sketching specimens. On their return both men were awarded knighthoods and lifetime pensions. Martius outlined the modern classification of palm, produced the first maps of palm biogeography, described all the palms of Brazil, and collated the sum of all known genera of the palm family. Martius's folio is unusual in its inclusion of cross-sectioned diagrams, conveying the architecture of these mighty trees, which central Europeans would have found hard to imagine accurately.

Medienart:

Buch

Erscheinungsjahr:

© 2015

Erschienen:

Köln: Taschen GmbH ; © 2015

Reihe:

Bibliotheca universalis

Sprache:

Deutsch ; Englisch ; Französisch

Weiterer Titel:

Nebentitel: Das Buch der Palmen ; Le @livre des palmiers

Das Buch der Palmen

Le livre des palmiers

Beteiligte Personen:

Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von, 1794-1868 [Geistige/r SchöpferIn]
Lack, Hans Walter, 1949- [VerfasserIn]
Williams, Karen [ÜbersetzerIn]
Schreyer, Michèle [ÜbersetzerIn]

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

ISBN:

3-8365-5623-5

978-3-8365-5623-1

Themen:

Bildband
Brasilien
Geschichte 1823-1853
Palmen
Palms
Quelle
Systematik

RVK:

RVK Klassifikation

Anmerkungen:

Text dt., engl. und franz. - Literaturangaben

Umfang:

565 Seiten ; Illustrationen, Karten

Weitere IDs:

9783836556231

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

1615860959