Superb artworks and photographs spanning three centuries document advances and watersheds in the field of natural science. The stories behind these images--of e

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Recalls three centuries of natural history exploration, and includes maps and rare drawings, as well as the stories of Captain Cook, Charles Darwin, and other e

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