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Hardcover The Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet Book

ISBN: 0300075340

ISBN13: 9780300075342

The Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet

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G. E. Rumphius, also known as the "Indian Pliny," was one of the great tropical naturalists of the seventeenth century. Born in Germany, he spent most of his life in the employ of the Dutch East India Company, stationed on the island of Ambon in eastern Indonesia. He wrote two major works; this one, the first modern work on tropical fauna, was published posthumously in Dutch in 1705. A classic text of natural history, it is now available in English...

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