Edwin Rose will talk about his new book Reading the World: British Practices of Natural History, 1760–1820 

Edwin covers the broad processes of gathering, organising and publishing information on natural history in the Pacific during the late eighteenth century ranging from the processes used to gather information in the field, with a particular emphasis on James Cook’s voyages to the Pacific and Indigenous knowledge systems, ranging through to the publication, distribution, reception and use of some of the first published botanical descriptions of species from these regions. .

Host Auckland Botanical Society
Location: Unitec Institute of Technology, Gate 4, Carrington Rd., Mt Albert, Auckland
Date: 9 July
Time: 7:30 pmr
Cost: Free

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