English Naturalists from Neckam to Ray: A Study of the Making of the Modern World |
Contents
A THE PRELUDE | 1 |
viii | 8 |
B THE PIONEERS | 36 |
William Turner in maturity | 93 |
William Turner scientist | 123 |
John Caius and the Rariorum Animalium | 138 |
Thomas Penny the botanist | 153 |
THE POPULARISERS | 192 |
John Gerard | 204 |
Edward Topsell | 217 |
THE EXPLORERS | 227 |
John Parkinson | 237 |
William How and Christopher Merret | 298 |
E EPILOGUE | 339 |
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