{"product_id":"a-naturalists-sojourn-in-jamaica-paperback-9781108063739","title":"A Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108063739","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA diary of eighteen months spent in Jamaica observing the wildlife there by an acclaimed English naturalist, published in 1851.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilip Henry Gosse (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108063739, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 October 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e552 pages, 4 b\/w illus.  4 colour illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.1 cm, 0.69 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse (1810–88) travelled to Jamaica in 1844 and stayed for eighteen months to observe the diverse wildlife there. Upon his return he described his findings in a trilogy of books. The first two examined the island's birds - he has been hailed as the 'father of Jamaican ornithology' - but he used the present work, first published in 1851, to describe all the other forms of life on the island, from beetles to fruit trees. Lamenting that natural history was too often presented as a 'science of dead things', Gosse made his investigations come alive in this work by writing it in a diary form, discussing what he encountered as his journey progressed, and providing a number of illustrations. His lively and engaging style won him a wide audience, and this work remains an important early example of popular natural history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Incidents of the voyage\u003cbr\u003e Kingston and Port Royal\u003cbr\u003e Alligator pond\u003cbr\u003e Bluefields bay\u003cbr\u003e Bluefields\u003cbr\u003e Belmont beach\u003cbr\u003e Market day\u003cbr\u003e Bluefields mountain\u003cbr\u003e Urania sloanus\u003cbr\u003e Lizards\u003cbr\u003e Sea-urchins\u003cbr\u003e Bluefields river\u003cbr\u003e Ride to Content\u003cbr\u003e Insects\u003cbr\u003e Ride to Kilmarnock\u003cbr\u003e The Kepp\u003cbr\u003e Pinnock Shafton\u003cbr\u003e Bluefields Ridge\u003cbr\u003e The Venus lizard\u003cbr\u003e The grave-digger\u003cbr\u003e Inverary\u003cbr\u003e Mountain gardens\u003cbr\u003e Phoenix Park\u003cbr\u003e Birds and flowers\u003cbr\u003e The chigoe flea\u003cbr\u003e The smooth sheath-claw\u003cbr\u003e The pond turtle\u003cbr\u003e Curious fishes\u003cbr\u003e Fig-trees\u003cbr\u003e The ant-lion\u003cbr\u003e The Cotta wood\u003cbr\u003e The bamboo\u003cbr\u003e Periodical rain\u003cbr\u003e Fishes and fishing\u003cbr\u003e Anole lizards\u003cbr\u003e Fruit on male papaw\u003cbr\u003e The black snake\u003cbr\u003e Negro proper names\u003cbr\u003e A naturalist's work-room\u003cbr\u003e The brush-footed spider\u003cbr\u003e The nurse shark\u003cbr\u003e The mangrove\u003cbr\u003e A swarm of dragon-flies\u003cbr\u003e Drive to Montego bay\u003cbr\u003e Beauty of negro villages\u003cbr\u003e The two-headed snake\u003cbr\u003e The Naseberry bat\u003cbr\u003e The silk-cotton tree\u003cbr\u003e The red hairy-tailed bat\u003cbr\u003e Musquitoes\u003cbr\u003e The eyed pallette-tip\u003cbr\u003e The sand gootoo\u003cbr\u003e The monk bat\u003cbr\u003e The great-eared leaf bat\u003cbr\u003e Moonlight\u003cbr\u003e The Liguanea mountains\u003cbr\u003e The trunk turtle\u003cbr\u003e The Pedro seal\u003cbr\u003e The yellow boa\u003cbr\u003e The pardaline snake\u003cbr\u003e The owl-faced bat\u003cbr\u003e The alco\u003cbr\u003e The manatee\u003cbr\u003e Cetacea\u003cbr\u003e Nocturnal forest sounds\u003cbr\u003e Gregarious trees\u003cbr\u003e The grey snake\u003cbr\u003e The crested snake\u003cbr\u003e The spotted-chinned snake\u003cbr\u003e The wild hog\u003cbr\u003e The crocodile\u003cbr\u003e Land tortoises\u003cbr\u003e The agua toad\u003cbr\u003e Deer\u003cbr\u003e Wild goats\u003cbr\u003e The rabbit\u003cbr\u003e Rats\u003cbr\u003e Sugar-cane insects\u003cbr\u003e Curious spider\u003cbr\u003e Stingless bees\u003cbr\u003e Indian cony\u003cbr\u003e Orchideae\u003cbr\u003e Departure and return\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Popular science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Popular science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Popular%20science%20%5BPDZ%5D%22\"\u003ePDZ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266146619672,"sku":"9781108063739","price":42.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108063739i_4b7db58f-3f3c-4add-920b-d69fd4518799.jpg?v=1696748501","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-naturalists-sojourn-in-jamaica-paperback-9781108063739","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}