Stark's History and Guide to the Bahama Islands ...
Stark's History and Guide to the Bahama Islands ...

Author: James Henry Stark

Publisher:

Published: 1891

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13:

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Stark'S History and Guide to the Bahama Islands by James Stark Henry, first published in 1891, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

Sea Currents in Nineteenth-Century Art, Science and Culture
Sea Currents in Nineteenth-Century Art, Science and Culture

Author: Kathleen Davidson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2023-03-09

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1501352792

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How did scientists, artists, designers, manufacturers and amateur enthusiasts experience and value the sea and its products? Examining the commoditization of the ocean world during the nineteenth century, this book demonstrates how the transaction of oceanic objects inspired a multifaceted material discourse stemming from scientific exploration, colonial expansion, industrialization, and the rise of middle-class leisure. From the seashore to the seabed, marine organisms and environments, made tangible through processing and representational technologies, captivated practitioners and audiences. Combining essays and case studies by scholars, curators, and scientists, Sea Currents investigates the collecting and display, illustration and ornamentation, and trade and consumption of marine flora and fauna, analysing their material, aesthetic and commercial dimensions. Traversing global art history, the history of science, empire studies, anthropology, ecocriticism and material culture, this book surveys the currency of marine matter embedded in the economies and ecologies of a modernizing ocean world.