The First Safari tells how, for a quarter of a century, Ian Glenn searched for Francois Levaillant’s notebooks and the fate of his collection and tried to solve puzzles and mysteries of Levaillant’s life and times.Levaillant was the first and greatest South African birder, noted ornithologist, explorer, naturalist, zoological collector and anthropologist of the Cape. He collected thousands of specimens of birds and subsequently published the six-volume Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux d’Afrique between 1799 and 1808. His contribution to ornithology in Africa was immeasurable, and some of his specimens still exist in museums in Europe.Through his travels, he also shaped a range of media genres: the hunting narrative; the safari; the anthropological field record; the illustrated and mapped first-person account of travel we associate with National Geographic stories; the colonial adventure story with a well-armed hero; the erotic exotic; the investigative report on colonial brutality.
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Francois Levaillant was the first and greatest South African birder, the first major figure of modern ornithology, the creator of the first safari, the first anthropologist of the Cape and our first investigative reporter criticising colonial brutality.
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The book will appeal to all natural history lovers, to researchers, teachers looking for new South African literature and people interested in the bush or birding who want to know more about Levaillant;As the first South African birder, a major figure of modern ornithology, the creator of safari, the first anthropologist of the Cape and our first investigative reporter, Levaillant is a character of interest;The famous map that he inspired for King Louis XVI is included in the book;Levaillant’s book was the most widely translated text on South Africa until Nelson Mandela’s autobiography two centuries later, making him a locally and internationally known figure;The book traces how new discoveries about Levaillant’s life have changed views about him
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781431427338
Publisert
2018-10-18
Utgiver
Vendor
Jacana Media
Vekt
500 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
205 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
264
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