{"title":"Glyn Williams","description":"\u003cp\u003eGlyn Williams explores the rich and often untold stories of natural history with a keen eye for detail and narrative depth. Readers can expect engaging accounts that blend scientific observation with compelling storytelling, bringing the natural world vividly to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNaturalists at Sea\u003c\/em\u003e exemplifies Williams’s gift for delving into the adventures and challenges faced by early naturalists, offering insight into the intersection of exploration, science, and nature. His works appeal to anyone interested in the history of discovery and the natural sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"naturalists-at-sea-by-glyn-williams-9780300205404","title":"Naturalists at Sea","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTales of the intrepid early naturalists who set sail on dangerous voyages of discovery in the vast, unknown Pacific\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the great Pacific discovery expeditions of the “long eighteenth century,” naturalists for the first time were commonly found aboard ships sailing forth from European ports. Lured by intoxicating opportunities to discover exotic and perhaps lucrative flora and fauna unknown at home, these men set out eagerly to collect and catalogue, study and document an uncharted natural world. This enthralling book is the first to describe the adventures and misadventures, discoveries and dangers of this devoted and sometimes eccentric band of explorer-scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheir individual experiences are uniquely their own, but together their stories offer a new perspective on the extraordinary era of Pacific exploration and the achievements of an audacious generation of naturalists. Historian Glyn Williams illuminates the naturalist’s lot aboard ship, where danger alternated with boredom and quarrels with the ship’s commander were the norm. Nor did the naturalist’s difficulties end upon returning home, where recognition for years of work often proved elusive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePeopled with wonderful characters and major figures of Enlightenment science—among them Louis Antoine de Bouganville, Joseph Banks, John Reinhold Forster, Captain Cook, and Charles Darwin—this book is a gripping account of a small group of scientific travellers whose voyages of discovery were to change perceptions of the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471303852268,"sku":"9780300205404","price":40.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780300205404-naturalists-at-sea.jpg?v=1775237436"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/glyn-williams.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}