A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects
1st Edition
Published on 14. August 2014
224 pages
978-1-4081-8665-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book looks at 100 items that have profoundly shaped how people watched, studied and engaged with the avian world.
Each item contains around 500 words on a double-page spread and include an illustration of the object in question. The book includes the objects listed below as well as many more.The range of items is international and cross-cultural. Subjects include:
*An Egyptian 'field guide' (early tomb decorations of birds, identifiable as species)
*Ornithologiae libri tres: the first British bird guide (a 1676 publication that attempted to itemise all British birds known at the time)
*The Dodo specimen held at the Horniman museum
*Systema Naturae by Carl Linnaeus (the first-ever system of scientific names in 1758, and still the international standard today)
*The shotgun
*The book, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne by Gilbert White (1789)
*HMS Beagle (the ship on which Darwin made his ground-breaking discoveries)
*Aluminium bird rings (used to record movement and longevity of individuals and species)
Along with many more modern innovations including walkie talkies, pagers, radio tags and apps.
Each item contains around 500 words on a double-page spread and include an illustration of the object in question. The book includes the objects listed below as well as many more.The range of items is international and cross-cultural. Subjects include:
*An Egyptian 'field guide' (early tomb decorations of birds, identifiable as species)
*Ornithologiae libri tres: the first British bird guide (a 1676 publication that attempted to itemise all British birds known at the time)
*The Dodo specimen held at the Horniman museum
*Systema Naturae by Carl Linnaeus (the first-ever system of scientific names in 1758, and still the international standard today)
*The shotgun
*The book, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne by Gilbert White (1789)
*HMS Beagle (the ship on which Darwin made his ground-breaking discoveries)
*Aluminium bird rings (used to record movement and longevity of individuals and species)
Along with many more modern innovations including walkie talkies, pagers, radio tags and apps.
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
More than 100 illlustrations
ISBN-13
978-1-4081-8665-7 (9781408186657)
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David Callahan | Dominic Mitchell
A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects
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06/2014
Helm
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Dominic Mitchell is managing editor of Birdwatch magazine. His books include Where to Watch Birds in the London Area, Christopher Helm 1997; Birdwatching: the ultimate guide to the birds of Europe, Collins 1997; Photographic Handbook to the Rare Birds of Britain and Europe, New Holland, 1999; Birds of Britain: the complete checklist, Solo Publishing 2010. He writes a regular blog, Birding Etc with Dominic Mitchell.
David Callahan is a nature writer and lifelong birder, with a particular interest in the sites of southern England. He has travelled the world in search of birds, and also trained as a taxonomist at the Natural History Museum and the Zoological Society of London. He was staff writer at Birdwatch magazine for more than 10 years.
David Callahan is a nature writer and lifelong birder, with a particular interest in the sites of southern England. He has travelled the world in search of birds, and also trained as a taxonomist at the Natural History Museum and the Zoological Society of London. He was staff writer at Birdwatch magazine for more than 10 years.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Editor's foreword
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Arnhemland rock
- 2 The geese of Meidum
- 3 Papyrus bird painting
- 4 Lysippe's bust of Aristotle
- 5 Gutenberg printing press
- 6 Raphael's Madonna of the Goldfinch
- 7 Bird-nesting pot
- 8 First scientific paper
- 9 Ornithologiae Libri Tres by John Ray and Francis Willughby
- 10 Stuffed Dodo at the Horniman Museum, London
- 11 Systema Naturae (10th edition) by Carolus Linnaeus
- 12 Gilbert White's The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne
- 13 18th-century wood carving knife
- 14 Hummingbird cabinet of curiosities, Natural History Museum, London
- 15 Montagu's Ornithological Dictionary
- 16 Observations on the Brumal Retreat of the Swallow by Thomas Forster
- 17 Camera obscura image
- 18 Pig bristle paintbrushes
- 19 Raven cage
- 20 HMS Beagle
- 21 Wildlife garden
- 22 Gould's paintings of Darwin's finches and mockingbirds
- 23 Policeman's notebook
- 24 Bird table
- 25 First issue of The Ibis
- 26 Archaeopteryx specimen
- 27 Wallace's map of the Earth's biogeographical regions
- 28 Microphone
- 29 Meinertzhagen's Forest Owlet specimen
- 30 Photographic film
- 31 Egret plume hat
- 32 Winchester shotgun
- 33 Parabolic reflector
- 34 Wax cylinder
- 35 RSPB membership card
- 36 Mortensen bird ring
- 37 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
- 38 Telephoto lens
- 39 Porro-prism binocular
- 40 Egg collection
- 41 Answering machine
- 42 Box Brownie budget camera
- 43 British Birds
- 44 Map of breeding migrants
- 45 Aeroplane ticket
- 46 Public telephone box
- 47 Milk bottle top
- 48 Swiftlet's nest
- 49 Road sign
- 50 Television set
- 51 Ernest Holt newspaper cutting
- 52 Peterson field guide
- 53 Leica SLR camera
- 54 Kodachrome 35mm film
- 55 Motorola walkie-talkie
- 56 Witherby's Handbook of British Birds
- 57 Great Northern? by Arthur Ransome
- 58 Questar telescope
- 59 Mass spectrometer
- 60 Sonogram
- 61 Swoop wild bird food
- 62 Tiger Tops
- 63 Dictaphone Travel-Master
- 64 Super 8
- 65 YOC badge
- 66 Where to Watch Birds by John Gooders
- 67 Gore-Tex
- 68 Nancy's Café
- 69 Hand-held mobile phone
- 70 Petzl head lamp
- 71 Radio tag
- 72 Seventy Years of Birdwatching by H G Alexander
- 73 Asolo Scout shoe
- 74 The Atlas of reeding Birds in Britain and Ireland
- 75 Big Jake Calls the Waders
- 76 Compact disc
- 77 IBM PC
- 78 Sony Handycam
- 79 Kodak Electro-Optic Camera
- 80 Perkin Elmer Cetus DNA Thermal Cycler
- 81 British Birdfair poster
- 82 Microsoft Powerpoint
- 83 First website
- 84 Rare Bird Alert pager
- 85 Birdwatch magazine
- 86 Gitzo Mountaineer carbon fibre tripod
- 87 MP3 file
- 88 Open Diary blog
- 89 eBird
- 90 Nikon Coolpix 4500
- 91 The Migration Atlas
- 92 BWPi
- 93 Kowa Prominar ED TD-1 Spotting Scope and Digital Camera
- 94 Scopac tripod backpack
- 95 Rainham RSPB visitor centre
- 96 iPhone
- 97 Biotope hide
- 98 Swarovski ATX modular telescope
- 99 Goldfinches o n a w all of pound shop plastic by Richard Crawford
- 100 Crystal ball
- Index
- Photo credits
- Bibliography
- Biographies
- Birdwatch
