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Awa Press
Language
English
Pages
185

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Subjects

Botanists, Biography, Natural history, Explorers, Geologists, History, New zealand, biography, Botanists, biography, Natural history, new zealand, New zealand, history

People

James Hector Sir (1834-1907)

Places

New Zealand
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Table of Contents

Surveying Canada: the Palliser Expedition / Peter Hector
Exploring the south: Otago Provincial Government / Tony Hocken
Mapping the country: New Zealand Geological Survey / Ian Speden
Displaying natural history: Colonial Museum / Conal McCarthy
Promoting science: New Zealand Institute / Francis Lucian Reid
Planting for prosperity: Colonial Botanic Garden / Winsome Shepherd and Walter Cook
Forecasting the weather and telling the time: Meteorological Department and Colonial Observatory / Jock Phillips
Educating - or examining?: University of New Zealand / Tim Beaglehole
Running the show: scientific empire / Simon Nathan
Studying plants and animals: New Zealand biology / George Gibbs
Unveiling the past: vertebrate fossils / Ewan Fordyce
Settling down: husband and father / Chris Hector
Living at Ratanui: man of property / John Adam and Louise Beaumont
Being honoured: pioneer man of science / Simon Nathan.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-167) and index.

Published in
Wellington, N.Z
Series
Awa science
Genre
Biography.
Other Titles
Explorer, doctor, geologist, botanist, natural historian, and one of New Zealand's most remarkable figures

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
993.02092
Library of Congress
QE22.H394 A43 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
185 p. :
Number of pages
185

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OL23085220M
Internet Archive
isbn_9780958275071
ISBN 13
9780958275071
LCCN
2009358807
OCLC/WorldCat
244436468
Library Thing
8406909
Goodreads
6481272

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