Paradise found : nature in America at the time of discovery / Steve Nicholls.
Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009Description: x, 524 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780226583402 (cloth : alk. paper); 0226583406 (cloth)Subject(s): Natural history -- North America | Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- North America -- History | North America -- Discovery and exploration | North America -- Environmental conditions -- HistoryDDC classification: 508.7 LOC classification: QH102 | .N53 2009Online resources: Table of contents only| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Nalanda University Ecology and Environment | School of Ecology and Environment Studies | 508.7 N5147 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 006048 |
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| 508 W1511 The biology of disturbed habitats | 508.5 R162 India's Wildlife history: An Introduction | 508.54 K8486 Living jewels from the Indian jungle | 508.7 N5147 Paradise found : | 508.73 B7326 Reading the roots: American nature writing before Walden | 508.73 L555 A Sand County almanac: | 509 D3769 Science And Empire In The Atlantic World |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [461]-493) and index.
A different world -- The discovery of paradise -- Abundant ocean -- Sea of whales -- Living in paradise -- Angels from the North -- Earthly paradise or earthly Hades? -- Poll Ben, and Martha -- souls and furs -- Gathering of waters -- A sea of islands -- Islands in the sea -- La Florida -- --To shining sea -- Blessing for the use of man -- Rivers of fish -- Wilderness cathedral -- The great stillness -- Devils in paradise -- A new world?
Here Steve Nicholls demonstrates with both historical narrative and scientific inquiry just what an amazing place North America was and how it looked when the explorers first found it. --from publisher description
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