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Tables of Contents for Voyages of Discovery
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
6
2
Introduction
8
2
The Art of Nature
10
4
Voyage to Jamaica
14
42
Sir Hans Sloane
Surveying Ceylon
56
34
Paul Hermann
Johan Gideon Loten
Pieter de Bevere
Sojourn to Surinam
90
30
Maria Sibylla Merian
Travels In North America
120
22
William Bartram
Pacific Crossing
142
28
James Cook
Sir Joseph Banks
Sydney Parkinson
Return to the South Seas
170
28
James Cook
Johann
George Forster
Charting Australia
198
32
Matthew Flinders
Ferdinand Bauer
Sailing With The Beagle
230
30
Charles Darwin
Amazonia and Beyond
260
30
Alfred Russel Wallace
Henry Walter Bates
Fathoming The Deep
290
30
The Challenger Expedition
Epilogue
320
6
Selected Biographies
326
4
Bibliography
330
2
Index, Acknowledgments, Picture Credits
332