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An unprecedented visual exploration of the intertwined histories of art and science, of the old world and the new From the voyages of Christopher Columbus to th

Between 1777 and 1816, botanical expeditions crisscrossed the vast Spanish empire in an ambitious project to survey the flora of much of the Americas, the Carib

In the mid-nineteenth century, thirty-six expeditions set out for the Northwest Passage in search of Sir John Franklin's missing expedition. The array of visual

Superb artworks and photographs spanning three centuries document advances and watersheds in the field of natural science. The stories behind these images--of e

Published in 1959, this book is what Vincent Price called his “visual autobiography” — the story of his life through his 48th year as seen through the len