A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects [Audiobook] download free by David Callahan

A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects Audiobook download free by David Callahan
  • Listen audiobook: A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects
  • Author: David Callahan
  • Release date: 2014/5/14
  • Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
  • Language: English
  • Genre or Collection: Natural History
  • ISBN: 9781408186183
  • Rating: 9.75 of 10
  • Votes: 384
  • Review by: Tristen Salley
  • Review rating: 8.51 of 10
  • Review Date: 2018/11/15
  • Duration: 2H47M52S in 256 kbps (44.8 MB)
  • Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-29
  • You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WMA, ATRAC, FLAC, OPUS, MPEG4, MP3, WAV (compression ZIP, TAR.GZ, JAR, RZ, TBZ2, RAR)
  • Total pages original book: 224
  • Includes a PDF summary of 20 pages
  • Duration of the summary (audio): 14M57S (4 MB)
  • Description or summary of the audiobook: This book looks at 100 items that have profoundly shaped how people watched, studied and engaged with the avian world. Each item contains around 500 words on a double-page spread and include an illustration of the object in question. The book includes the objects listed below as well as many more.The range of items is international and cross-cultural. Subjects include:An Egyptian 'field guide' [early tomb decorations of birds, identifiable as species]Ornithologiae libri tres: the first British bird guide [a 1676 publication that attempted to itemise all British birds known at the time]The Dodo specimen held at the Horniman museumSystema Naturae by Carl Linnaeus [the first-ever system of scientific names in 1758, and still the international standard today]The shotgunThe book, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne by Gilbert White [1789]HMS Beagle [the ship on which Darwin made his ground-breaking discoveries]Aluminium bird rings [used to record movement and longevity of individuals and species]along with many more modern innovations including walkie talkies, pagers, radio tags and apps.
  • Other categories, genre or collection: Birds (ornithology), Wildlife: Birds & Birdwatching
  • Download servers: Load.to, SendMyWay, Uploaded, Google Drive, 4Shared, Mediafire, Dropbox. Compressed in ZIP, TAR.GZ, JAR, RZ, TBZ2, RAR
  • Format: Hardback
  • Approximate value: 35.75 USD
  • Dimensions: 189x246x20.32mm
  • Weight: 828g
  • Printed by: Helm
  • Published in: London, United Kingdom

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