Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin’s American Plants: Botanical Expedition to the Caribbean (1754-1759) and the Publication of the Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia

Name: Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin’s American Plants: Botanical Expedition to the Caribbean (1754-1759) and the Publication of the Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia
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ISBN: 9789004234109

ISBN-10: 9004234101

ISBN-13: 9789004234109

Edition: 2012

Authors: Santiago Madrinan

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In Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin's 'American Plants' Santiago Madriñán unearths previously unknown aspects of the Austrian botanical expedition to the Caribbean (1754-1759). The splendid colour illustrations of the plants collected by Jacquin are reprinted with an annotated list of the species.

Book details

List price: $169.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
Binding: Cloth Text
Size: 7.75" wide x 10.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.234
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgements


Introduction: Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin


Sources for the Study of Jacquin


The Biographie


Additional Primary Sources



A Leiden Botanist


The Jacquin Family


Education


Emperor Franz I Stephan von Lothringen's Curiosity


Bring Birds, Flowers, and Fruits and Other Curiosities that May Please Me


Genealogy of Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin


Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin's Chronology



Botanical Expedition to the Caribbean


Jacquin in Martinique


Other Naturalists


The Leeward Islands


La 'Mauvaise Saison'


The Leeward Antilles


Saint Domingue


Troubled Waters


Jamaica


Voyage of the Damned


Cartagena de Indias


Cuba


Homeward Bound


Expedition Itinerary


Collecting Localities


Shipments of Specimens



The Selectarum stirpium americanarum historic


The Enumeratio systematica plantarum


The Selectarum stirpium americanarum historia


The 1780 Luxury Edition of the Selectarum


The Plantarum rariorum horti caesarei schoenbrunnensis and its Preface


Holdings of the Selectarum stirpium americanarum historia Luxury Edition


Conclusion: Ambassador of Flora



Jacquin's American Plants


Original Illustrations


List of American Plants Mentioned in Jacquin's Publications


The Plates of the Luxury Edition of the Selectarum stirpium americanarum historia



Jacquin's American Animals



Jacquin's Publications


Bibliography


Indices


Subject Index


Organism Index