European Vision and the South Pacific. ISBN 9780803237759

ISBN 9780803237759

This original book is full of beautiful reproductions of botanical art and also high quality photographs of the plants

Joan Druett

The story of 322 species of plants that grow wild in New Zealand’s largest city

ISBN 9780908812325

European Vision and the South Pacific. ISBN 9780803237759Bernard Smith. The authoritative and highly respected account of how the European interpretation of what they encountered in the Pacific influenced the development of romantic taste and the scientific theory of natural selection. The work centres on the three exploration and scientific voyages of James Cook made between 1768 and 1780. During each of these extensive voyages visits were made to New Zealand and botanical and natural history specimens